Why Capacity Ratings are Bunk and What You Can Do About It

December 3, 2014Learning Edge Blog, News, Rhode Warrior Blogadvanced training, capacity ratings, donor research, fundraising research, gift capacity, gift capacity rating, major gift capacity, Mark Noll, prospect development, prospect research, rhode warriorJennifer Filla

by Rhode Warrior Blogger, Mark Noll I was approached once by my then Vice President of Development and asked a simple and forward question: “How confident are you in these numbers?” His question was regarding the Net Worth-to-Capacity-to-Ask Amount, the hop, skip and jump of Prospect Research, for the prospect he was going to solicit… Read More »

What does ADVANCED training mean?

May 19, 2014Newsadvanced training, apra, body of knowledge, donor research, fundraising research, online course, prospect development, prospect research, seminar, webinarJennifer Filla

In my phone interviews and online survey with prospect researchers, you told me you want ADVANCED training. But what does that really mean? You, the prospect research community, are so generous. Thank you! You shared with me and now I’d like to share back. As many of you know, I was inspired to create a… Read More »