14 April 2015

For the month of April I am working from Buenos Aires in Argentina. It's not a vacation, but I have decided to shorten my work hours to allow extra time for exploring. That's why this InfoSeeking edition is highlighting other people's articles. I hope you enjoy discovering them!


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I've selected three recent articles written by female fundraisers about wealthy women philanthropists. Enjoy!

 

Understanding High Net Worth Women's Philanthropy

By Marge King, InfoRich Group

 

Lately, I have been seeing a lot of research studies on the topics of how women save money, invest money, and spend money-studies done by Fidelity Investments, U.S. Trust, and similar financial services organizations, on a regular basis.

 

It doesn't take the proverbial rocket scientist to understand why the financial industry is spending money on studies analyzing women's money habits.  A significant number of women-often the financial decision makers in their families-now contribute to the economy with their earnings. >>>Keep Reading

 

 

What Women Donors Want

By Adrienne A. Rulnick, Ed.D., Grenzebach Glier + Associates

 

Fundraisers need to broaden their "toolkits" in thinking about what motivates and incentivizes women donors. Recently, a fundraiser from my undergraduate alma mater called me in the lead up to our quinquennial reunion celebration at the recommendation, she told me, of two classmates who were also friends.  They wanted me to complete the funding for a scholarship that they had seeded in honor of our reunion. Although the ask represented a stretch gift for me, I immediately agreed. >>>Keep Reading

 

 

Rating Girls

By Preeti Gill, Sole Searcher Blog

 

Did my headline grab your attention? Good. Here's my contribution to the prospect development community's great capacity ratings debate. This post isn't about how to rate prospects. Nope, not going there. This post is about who gets the rating inside your database, once you've crunched the financials on an individual, couple or household. The one who gets the rating then gets pulled into your prospect pipeline for closer consideration. >>>Keep Reading

 

 

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