Fundraising publications
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By Bruce bigelow and carol kolmerten
Where Wealth Lies and Its Implications for Fundraising - Planned Giving Today (June 2020)
Changing the Culture—The Real Goal of Planned Giving Consulting - Planned Giving Today (October and November 2020)
Planned Giving Audits: Is Now the Time? - Planned Giving Today (June 2020)
Retirement Plans Offer New Opportunities for Philanthropy-Planned Giving Today (March 2020)
What? Give Away All Our Money?! Calming the Charitably Reluctant Spouse-Planned Giving Today (May 2019)
Endowment Campaigns for the Small and Inexperienced Non-Profit-Planned Giving Today (March 2018)
Planned Giving Primer: Before, During, and After Reunions-Planned Giving Today (June 2017)
Mistakes No Planned Giving Officer Should Ever Make-Planned Giving Today (March 2017)
[Even More] Dining with Donors . . or Clients . . or Anyone Else Important to your Career-Planned Giving Today (October 2016)
The Power of Stories-Planned Giving Today (March 2016)
Expanding the Prospect Pool: The Key to Increased Gifts-Planned Giving Today (September 2015)
Planned Giving for Membership Organizations-Planned Giving Today (December, 2014)
Planned Giving in Campaigns-Planned Giving Today (September, 2014)
The Great Retirement Question-Planned Giving Today (December, 2013)
What We Say and What They Hear-Planned Giving Today (April, 2013)
Promoting DCGA Benefits to Boomers-Planned Giving Today (July, 2012)
Flexible Deferred CGAs: A Poor Man's trust-Planned Giving Today (January, 2011)
Roth IRAs: Implications for Philanthropy-Planned Giving Today (May, 2010)
Dining with Donors: Do's and Don'ts-Planned Giving Today (April, 2010)
Focusing on Planned Giving: Using Focus Groups to Find New Donors-Journal of Gift Giving (April, 2008)
Lessons from Email: What Not to Do with CGA Prospects-Planned Giving Today (June, 2007)
Using Focus Groups to Explain Planned Giving-Planned Giving Today (February, 2007)
Ten Elements of a Strong Planned Giving Program-Planned Giving Today (September, 2006)
Turning Planned Gifts into Current Dollars-Journal of Gift Planning (January, 2004)
By Carol Kolmerten
Writing for Donors-Planned Giving Today (December, 2010)
Overly Friendly Donors-Planned Giving Mentor (October, 2008)
How to Find Prospects-Planned Giving Mentor (April, 2008)
How the American Council on Gift Annuities Sets its Rates-Planned Giving Mentor (August, 2006)
What Professors Can Teach Fundraisers and Vice Versa-Chronicle of Higher Education (December, 2003)
By bruce Bigelow
Masters Stories: Message from the Masters: Our Best Donor Stories that Made a Difference 2019 Ed. Slamar, Hays and Thompson
Newton and the Zen of Planned Giving-Planned Giving Today (May, 2012)
The Case for Ongoing Donor Recognition-Planned Giving Today (May, 2011)
The End of Planned Giving-Planned Giving Today (June, 2010)
Ten Things Every Board Member Should Know About Planned Giving-Planned Giving Today (July, 2009)
Planned Giving for All: Not for Grandparents Only-Planned Giving Today (November, 2008)
Back to the Future: A retrospective on the Future of Planned Giving-Planned Giving Today (June, 2008)
My Top Tips-Institutional Policies-Planned Giving Mentor (December, 2007)
On-Going Recognition-Planned Giving Mentor (February, 2007)
The Power of Stories-Planned Giving Mentor (December, 2006)
Entrepreneurs, Widows and Others-Planned Giving Mentor (November, 2006)
How to Solve Ethical Dilemmas-Planned Giving Mentor (September, 2006)
Consider a Consultant-Planned Giving Mentor (January, 2006)
The New Paradigm: Counting Gifts and Contemporary Fund Raising-Journal of Gift Planning (September, 2005)
Reporting and Counting Charitable Gifts: NCPG Task Force Recommendations-Planned Giving Today (April, 2005)