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Winter 2025 Intensives: Creating Major Gift Success (January 21 – February 3, 2025) Creating Major Gift Success challenges gift officers to work collaboratively, think strategically, shorten their time horizons for…
The WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK June 2024 survey of advancement professionals is the eleventh in our Advancement Moving Forward series. The previous ten surveys in this series were conducted in April 2020, June 2020,…
In a special blog for The Giving Institute and Giving USA, Washburn & McGoldrick Managing Principals Bonnie Devlin and Carla Willis recently shared their insights on the Five Top Headwind Trends Facing Higher…
Episode 42: Navigating big…
To celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, Senior Consultants Carme Williams, CFRE & Susan Pettyjohn with Washburn & McGoldrick have the pleasure of speaking with two women philanthropists,…
As Black History Month draws to a close, I have been reflecting on my prior work as the chief advancement officer at Florida A&M University from 2008 to 2011. During my time at FAMU we were the first to launch new…
Greetings from WASHBURN & MCGOLDRICK! I hope your year-end numbers were encouraging, your time off was restorative and your 2024 is off to a healthy start. With the new year…
In today’s highly competitive higher education development marketplace, the ability to understand and effectively use data analytics has become more critical than ever…
The WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK November 2023 survey of advancement professionals is the tenth in our Advancement Moving Forward series. The previous nine surveys in this series were conducted in April 2020, June 2020,…
In last week’s episode of Alumless, Chris Marshall and Ryan Catherwood sat down with Carla Willis, Principal at Washburn & McGoldrick, LLC and discussed what it takes to be successful at consulting in educational…
Winter 2024 Intensives: Creating Major Gift Success (January 22 – February 2, 2024) Challenges gift officers to work collaboratively, think strategically, shorten their time horizons for productivity, and practice the…
The WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK June 2023 survey of advancement professionals is the ninth in our Advancement Moving Forward series on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous seven surveys in this…
Summer 2023 Intensives: Creating Major Gift Success (July 24 – August 4, 2023) Challenges gift officers to work collaboratively, think strategically, shorten their time horizons for productivity, and practice the…
The WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK December 2022 survey of advancement professionals is the eighth in our Advancement Moving Forward series on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous seven surveys in this…
WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK, one of the nation’s leading educational and institutional advancement consulting firms, and Chris Marshall Advancement Consulting CMAC, which provides guidance, planning and strategy for…
Recently we had the privilege of speaking together at Washburn & McGoldrick’s annual client conference in New York City. We covered a lot of ground regarding leadership vision (see Lisa’s PRG Blog post for more),…
After 2 1/2 years, it was so energizing to be back in New York City at our 2022 Washburn & McGoldrick, LLC client…
The WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK April 2022 survey of advancement professionals is the seventh in our Advancement Moving Forward series on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous six surveys in this…
Whether launching a new principal gifts program or working to maximize an existing one, it is frequently tempting to begin with questions like “How much?” and “How many?” While they represent important practical…
Our colleague Carme Williams is one of the most respected and talented educational advancement and philanthropic leaders in the industry. In recognition of Black History Month, she recently shared her journey in…
In my executive coaching work, I will often ask those I’m coaching: “What’s keeping you up at night?” I ask the question to prompt thought and reflection. If we are ever to consider new ways of working, thinking,…
As we approach the end of the calendar year, I would like to offer a few observations for 2021 year-end giving and legislative changes that might impact fundraising efforts in…
The WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK November 2021 survey of advancement professionals is the sixth in our Advancement Moving Forward series on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous five surveys in this…
Since our founding 26 years ago, WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK has been known for the quality of our feasibility study interviews and our ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative information from those…
The WASHBURN & McGOLDRICK May 2021 survey of advancement professionals is the fifth in our Advancement Moving Forward series on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous four surveys in this series…
The WASHBURN & MCGOLDRICK January 2021 survey of advancement professionals is the fourth in our Advancement Moving Forward series on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first three surveys in this…
Spring Intensive, Feb 22 – Mar 5: Creating Major Gift Success challenges gift officers to work collaboratively, think strategically, shorten their time horizons for productivity, and practice the language of…
The WASHBURN & MCGOLDRICK September 2020 survey of advancement professionals is the third in our Advancement Moving Forward series on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first two surveys in this…
We are thrilled to add their expertise as we continue Building Relationships to Advance Education and Philanthropy. Eileen Bertsch Donahue, Senior Consultant Carla Willis, Senior Consultant Chris Marshall, Consulting Partner
The E. Burr Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award honors individuals whose professional accomplishments have made a significant and lasting impact on the field of institutional advancement.