Articles by Barbara Barron
It's my sincere hope these articles help you work through any big questions you may have about the wonderful work we do. If you don't see your question answered below, I encouraged to send it my way via email.
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The Basics
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How Do We Create a “Culture of Philanthropy” At Our Schools?
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How Can We Get Better at Asking Parents for Gifts?
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How Do We Become Schools That Truly Value Teachers?
Engaging With Donors
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How Do We Write a Really Good Annual Fund Letter?
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What Are Some Low-Cost High-Impact Gifts We Can Give Our Donors?
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How Do We Prepare for the Biggest Ask of Our Career?
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How Do We Write a Welcome Letter to the New Parents at Our School?
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How Do We Create Word-of-Mouth Buzz With Our Donors?
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What Should We Do When We Make a Donor Angry?
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What Are the Dangers of Having an Angel Donor?
Fundraising Tactics
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How Can We Make Sure Our School’s Annual Report Isn’t a Scam?
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How Do I Get Rid of My School’s Phonathon and Raise More Money?
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How Can We Make Our School’s Annual Auction More Successful?
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How Can You Know if Your School is Prepared for a Capital Campaign?
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How Do the Recent Tax Changes Impact Giving?
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How to Quickly Create a Legacy Program at Your Independent School
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Giving Circles Taken to the Next Level
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Ignoring “The Gap” and Moving Away from a Scarcity Mindset
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What Do We Want New Parents at Our School to Feel?
Our Team
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How Can We Show Our Team That We Appreciate Them Every Day?
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How Can We Cultivate a Strong Relationship With Our Head of School?
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How Can We Train Volunteers To Be Superstars For Our Campaigns?
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How Do We Thank Trustees?
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Taking Care of Our Heads — of School, That Is
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Let’s Hear it for the One-Woman Development Office
Advanced Advancement
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How Can We Create a Strategic Fundraising Plan That Actually Works?
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How Can We Know When We’re Done?
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How Can We Raise Money for Debt Reduction and Cash Reserves?
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How Do We Get a 100% Return On Our Annual Fund Appeal Letters?
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How to Approach Philanthropy Through a Lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: An Interview with Tesha McCord Poe
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Finding the Good: How the Advancement Appraisal Works
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How to Use Permanent Life Insurance to Help A Donor Make Their Largest Gift –Ever
Advancement in a Crisis
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Is There a Role for Advancement During a Crisis?
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How Can We Practice Stewardship During the Coronavirus Shutdown?
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How Can We Think About Raising Money in a Time Like This?
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Can We Collect Unpaid Pledges Right Now?
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What Are We Actually Raising Money for During This Crisis?
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How One School Reimagined its Gala and Raised Over a Million Dollars
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What Would Happen if We Picked Up the Phone and Started Calling?
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