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Getting it Right . . . in the correct order!

The mistakes have been made by a number of schools and I’m pleased when invited to help steer them back on track with their approach to fundraising. A common mistake is starting a development office and expecting the appointed person to simply make it happen – without the support of...

We Urgently Need a Few Million!

‘We urgently need a few million for our new development! Let’s start a development office, appoint a Development Director, just like xxx school, let them get on with it and that will solve the problem!’ Or will it? In too many cases, in the relatively early days of the development...

School Development Management – the viable option!

Not every independent school, international school or state school can afford the luxury of a Development Director; a senior management salary for someone expected to raise the sums of money needed to make a major difference. Nor do they have a constituency ready and willing and able to give at...

Finding Your Allies!

Development work can be lonely especially in schools where our colleagues are teaching and we might have a ‘small shop’ development department. The mysteries of what our work entails can be confusing to many people and so it is vital to find allies who we can lean on for moral...

A Fundraising Office or a Development Office – What’s the Difference and Does it Matter?

There is a difference and it matters a lot! The Fundraising Office will be perceived as simply looking at the immediate and short term task of raising funds (yes, of course there is a need for this) and many people within the school community, will stay clear of anything to...

Fundraising and Alumni Relations Working Together!

In well established independent schools, the alumni association has traditionally played a vital role in maintaining links with former pupils. Some remain very active and successful in doing so, while some have not! In today’s world of social media and lifestyles, we are seeing a change where schools value the...

Getting it Right . . . in the correct order!

We Urgently Need a Few Million!

School Development Management – the viable option!

Finding Your Allies!

A Fundraising Office or a Development Office – What’s the Difference and Does it Matter?

Fundraising and Alumni Relations Working Together!

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