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PROFESSIONAL
RESOURCES
Welcome to the Professional Resources section of our site!
Check back here often to find information to help you enhance your technical skills, manage your career, expand your perspective and inspire your efforts as a fundraiser. With input provided by some of the leading members of the Chicago philanthropic community, this section provides an ongoing archive of professional wisdom (the same kind of valuable material you can get at our luncheon programs and annual Midwest Conference).
Consider Contributing to the Professional Resources Site!
Have an article to submit for our Professional Resource online library? Found an interesting philanthropy quote? We want to hear from you! The Professional Resources section is a great way to share your wisdom with your colleagues and advance the cause of philanthropy in Chicago. Click here for article criteria and submission process.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Simply click one of the links below to be directed to that section of the site…
Career Management
Professional Resources
Print/Online Media
Fundraising Tips
Words of Wisdom
Member Input
How To Ask For A Raise, And Get It!
View these helpful tips and make them work for you.
Are You Ready For An Unexpected Job Interview?
Most job seekers wait to polish up their interview skills until they are looking for a new position. Important interview opportunities, however, can present themselves at any time. Read this article to position yourself for the unexpected…
AFP’s 2006 Compensation & Benefits Study Now Available
(May 22, 2006) The full report of AFP's 2006 Compensation & Benefits Study is now available online at www.afpnet.org and provides valuable data about the characteristics of individual fundraisers and paints a picture of the current state of the profession. Enter the Member Gateway and click on Compensation and Benefits Report.
Use Your Resume To Help Negotiate a Higher Salary
Most job seekers believe that salary negotiation starts once they have an offer in hand, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Read this article to position yourself at the top end of the salary range.
AFP Member Benefit: Career Planner
A self-assessment, resource database and education course tracker all in one! Members should definitely investigate this benefit, especially if you are planning for your CFRE. Click here for further details, and let AFP work for you by charting a course to performance excellence!
Is Your Résumé Recruiter Friendly?
The quality of your résumé influences how recruiters treat you in the job market. Is your résumé is recruiter friendly? Click here to find out.
What to do ‘til the Headhunter Calls? by Daniel J. Burns
Will you be ready for a change if you get a call from someone about your dream job? Here are some strategies to think about as you prepare for that phone call. Click here for more.
Getting Ready for the Interview by Kate Monteleone, CFRE
Should you throw your professional future to the fates? Click here for more.
CFRE Certification: An Important Investment in Your Fundraising Career
by Tanya Pietrkowski, CFRE.
CFRE is the only internationally recognized baseline professional credential for the philanthropic fundraising executive. Click here for more.
Peer Mentoring Program Provides Participants ‘Fringe Benefits’
Mentors of AFP Chicago’s Peer Mentoring program met in January to observe “Thank Your Mentor Day” where they heard from Ina Pinkney, owner of Ina’s Restaurant, who was recently featured on CNN’s, “The Turnaround”. Ina and her mentor talked to current AFP mentors about the “Turnaround” experience. For details on participating as a mentor or a protégé in AFP’s Chicago’s Peer Mentoring program click here.
ABC's of Online Fundraising
Have you ever thought about entering the world of online giving, but aren’t sure if you are "tech-savvy" enough to make it work for your fundraising efforts? Raising money through the web can be an affordable and easy way to provide your donors an additional avenue for giving to your cause. Click here to learn about the do's and don'’ts of an online campaign and some basic rules for fundraising in an increasingly virtual world.
Go Green in your Office
You hear the phrase "going green" all the time. This movement encourages respect for our environment, and is becoming increasingly popular with donors across the board. What are you and your organization doing to make a difference? Click here to discover ways your organization can become more environmentally conscious.
AFP Membership provides access to the finest in Professional Education!
AFP has programs, courses and resources to meet your educational needs today and as you plan your future career development. Click here for more information.
Use your AFP sources to learn the latest legislative issues on fundraising.
Visit http://www.afpnet.org/public_policy to find out what AFP is doing and what you can do. Following are a few examples of important items that you should know:
Looking for products and services for non-profits? Check out the AFP Chicago Resource Network Directory Available Online! Browse providers by practice category and subspecialty, or scroll through the detailed profiles for more information. The Resource Network Directory is available 24/7 on the AFP Chicago website, or click here.
AFP Member Benefit: The Fundraising Resource Center
Are you taking advantage of the 3,200+ reference works and periodicals on fundraising and development that are at your fingertips? If not, let your fingers do the walking and the Fundraising Resource Center do the work! This is a great membership resource that allows you to easily receive customized research (at no charge!) – click here for further details, and let AFP help you!
AFP Chicago featured on ABC 7 Chicago December 18, 2007
This special segment on philanthropy titled “Ginormous Generosity” highlights the area’s record-setting donations and features the AFP Chicago chapter and several of its members. To view this exciting story, please click here.
AFP Chicago featured in AFP International eWire May 16, 2005
This article focuses on how chapters are changing their operations, strategic visions and other aspects of their organization to respond to new challenges and trends. Click here to view the article.
Fundraising 101: How to Create, Brand and Run Profitable and Successful Events – Part Two by Donna Bliss. Click here for more.
Creating Effective Email Campaigns
The challenge is to create good, compelling broadcast email that makes your message clear and drives the recipient to action. And that's tough! Click here for more.
“Measuring Online Success – It’s Not Just About Online Gifts” by Vinay Bhagat.
Online donations often are the simplest measure of Internet success, but this metric should not be the only way to define a successful Internet strategy. The true value of the Internet is in creating and sustaining relations. Click here for more.
Generating Capital, Building Capacity by Rebecca Breuer.
What does it take to secure a Kresge Foundation Challenge Grant? Click here for more.
Creating Gift Acceptance Policies by Beth Engel
“Copying another organization’s gift acceptance policy is analogous to wearing somebody else’s clothes …it will rarely fit!!” Click here for more.
Ten Deadly Fundraising Mistakes and How to Avoid Them by Sandy Rees
Sandy is a Fundraising Coach who works with small nonprofits to help them raise money, strengthen their Boards, and plan for the future. She’s written a short report about the biggest mistakes she sees in fundraising in small nonprofits and how to learn from these mistakes. Click here for more.
Quintessential Quotes
Who does not admire a pithy expression, a turn of phrase that gets at the essence of the philanthropic spirit? Click here to view quotations on philanthropy.
eDevelopments Reader Reply
Lisa Davies, Grants Manager from Casa Central responds to the question posed in a recent issue of eDevelopments: "What challenges do Chicago area nonprofits face today? "
We Want to Hear from You!
Have a question you need answered? Want to share valuable philanthropic information? Have a great quotation? We’d love to hear from you. The Professional Resources section is a great way to share your wisdom with your colleagues and advance the cause of philanthropy in Chicago. Click here for article criteria and submission process or email Kelly Hollingsworth at khollingsworth@afpchicago.org.
