Barbara Barron
  • Advancement Consultant for
    Independent Schools
  • About Me
  • What I Do
      • Services Offered
      • Advancement Consulting
          • What is “Advancement Consulting?”START HERE
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      • Advancement Appraisal
          • What is an “Advancement Appraisal?”START HERE
          • Finding the Good: How the Advancement Appraisal Works
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      • Creating Campaigns
          • What Kind of Campaigns Does Barbara Create?START HERE
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      • Feasibility Studies
          • The Power of the Feasibility StudySTART HERE
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      • Ongoing Coaching
          • What Kind of Coaching Does Barbara Do?START HERE
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      • Speaking and Training
          • My Latest Talk: “Fixing Fundraising – New Nonprofit Best Practices”LATEST
          • List of Speaking and Training Events
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  • Client Schools
      • Locations
      • Canada
          • Crofton House School – Vancouver, BC
      • China
          • Shanghai American School – Shanghai, China
      • USA – West Coast
        • Fountain Valley School – Colorado Springs, CO
        • Sage Ridge School – Reno, NV
      • USA – Northern California
          • Athenian School – Danville, CA
          • The Carey School – San Mateo, CA
          • Cow Hollow School – San Francisco, CA
          • Crystal Springs Uplands School – Hillsborough, CA
          • Drew School – San Francisco, CA
          • Julia Morgan School for Girls – Oakland, CA
          • Katherine Delmar Burke School – San Francisco, CA
          • Live Oak School – San Francisco, CA
          • Marin Primary and Middle School – Marin County, CA
          • Menlo School – Atherton, CA
          • Mount Tamalpais School – Mill Valley, CA
          • The Presentation School – Sonoma, CA
          • Presidio Knolls School – San Francisco, CA
          • Rolling Hills Prep School – San Pedro, CA
          • The Saklan School – Moraga, CA
          • San Domenico School – San Anselmo, CA
          • Silicon Valley International School – Palo Alto, CA
          • Sonoma Country Day School – Santa Rosa, CA
          • Spring Hill Schools – Petaluma, CA
          • St. Matthew’s Episcopal Day School – San Mateo, CA
          • Trinity School – Menlo Park, CA
          • Woodside Priory School – Monterey Bay, CA
      • USA – Southern California
        • Cate School – Santa Barbara, CA
        • Harbor Day School – Newport Beach, CA
        • San Diego French American School – San Diego, CA
        • The Wesley School – North Hollywood, CA
      • USA – The Midwest
          • Trinity Catholic School – Hutchinson, KS
      • USA – East Coast
          • Cheshire Academy – Cheshire, CT
          • Convent of the Sacred Heart School – New York City, NY
          • Indian Mountain School – Lakeville, CT
          • Rodeph Sholom School – New York City, NY
          • Watkinson School – Hartford, CT
  • Success Stories
  • Advancement Articles
      • Categories
      • Most Popular
          • How to Design a Major Gifts Program That WorksOctober 17, 2022
          • How Do We Become Schools That Truly Value Teachers?March 13, 2019
          • How Do I Get Rid of My School’s Phonathon and Raise More Money?November 7, 2018
          • How Do We Write a Welcome Letter to the New Parents at Our School?August 8, 2018
          • How Do We Create a “Culture of Philanthropy” At Our Schools?June 13, 2018
          • What Are Some Low-Cost High-Impact Gifts We Can Give Our Donors?November 8, 2017
          • How Do We Write a Really Good Annual Fund Letter?September 27, 2017
      • The Board of Trustees
          • How to Build a Great Advancement CommitteeMarch 30, 2023
          • 11 Ways to Make Sure Your School’s Newest Trustee is Prepared for the JobFebruary 23, 2023
          • Selecting Good Trustees: 6 Ways to Make Sure the Newest Addition is a Good OneFebruary 17, 2023
          • The Board of Trustees at The Nirvana SchoolAugust 8, 2022
          • How Can We Help Boards Overcome Campaign Jitters?February 23, 2022
          • How Do We Thank Trustees?August 17, 2020
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      • Changing the Culture
          • Better MetricsJanuary 9, 2024
          • What Good Are Trade Secrets If We Don’t Share Them?November 6, 2023
          • Is Technology a Crutch?September 20, 2023
          • Why Participation is Not Worth Fighting ForAugust 14, 2023
          • How Can We Set Priorities that Serve Us and Our Programs?July 25, 2023
          • Sacrificing Sacred Cows: Some Reflections on CASE-NAIS ’23February 6, 2023
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      • The Development Team
          • What is the Real Cost of Turnover in Our School’s Development Office?February 16, 2022
          • Let’s Hear it for the One-Woman Development OfficeFebruary 20, 2021
          • How Can We Train Volunteers To Be Superstars For Our Campaigns?April 10, 2019
          • How Can We Show Our Team That We Appreciate Them Every Day?December 13, 2017
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      • Ending Things
          • Should We Plan for Our Own Succession?April 5, 2023
          • Ending Our EngagementNovember 16, 2021
          • How Can We Know When We’re Done?February 7, 2018
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      • Engaging with Donors
          • Why Are Your Donors Not Participating?December 4, 2023
          • How Can You Make Sure Your School is Ready for the New Millennial Super Donor?May 26, 2023
          • How to Create a “Guide to Giving and Getting Involved” for New ParentsApril 5, 2023
          • How We Can Get Rid of That Terrible Thank You LetterJuly 26, 2022
          • The Best Question You Can Ever Ask a DonorApril 10, 2022
          • What We Can Learn From Banks – and Then Do Very DifferentlyApril 16, 2021
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      • Fundraising Tactics
          • Does It Matter What Your Meeting Space Looks Like?February 26, 2024
          • Why Do We Need a Feasibility Study Before We Start Our Capital Campaign?October 20, 2023
          • How to Design a Major Gifts Program That WorksOctober 17, 2022
          • What Makes a Great Case for Support?October 3, 2022
          • How Can We Earn the Opportunity to Make That Big Ask?August 8, 2022
          • Giving Circles Taken to the Next LevelFebruary 4, 2021
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      • The Head of School
          • How to Make Yourself Invaluable to a New Head of SchoolMay 19, 2021
          • Taking Care of Our Heads — of School, That IsDecember 8, 2020
          • How Can We Cultivate a Strong Relationship With Our Head of School?April 11, 2018
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      • Interviews
          • Success Story #4May 26, 2026
          • What Can We Do About Our Changing Parent Donors?May 11, 2026
          • Success Story #3April 24, 2026
          • How Can You Set Yourself Up So That Next Fall is a Huge Success?April 14, 2026
          • Metrics That Matter vs. Metrics That Don’tMarch 16, 2026
          • What is Your Brand?March 2, 2026
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      • The Nirvana School
          • Welcome to the Nirvana SchoolMay 8, 2022
          • The Board of Trustees at The Nirvana SchoolAugust 8, 2022
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      • Summer Projects
        • The Two Things You Must Do Before Summer VacationMay 8, 2022
        • The Four Summer Projects That Are Worth Your TimeJune 2, 2023
      • Unsexy Money
          • How Do the Recent Tax Changes Impact Giving?September 30, 2020
          • How Can We Raise Money for Debt Reduction and Cash Reserves?October 10, 2018
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  • LATEST: Success Story #4

How to Create a “Guide to Giving and Getting Involved” for New Parents

April 5, 2023

How can we begin what might be a 10+ year relationship with a new family that sets the right tone and creates a lunching pad for great things down the road?

What I Do

  • Advancement Consulting
  • Advancement Appraisal
  • Creating Campaigns
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Ongoing Coaching
  • Speaking and Training

Most Shared Advancement Articles

  • How Do We Write a Welcome Letter to the New Parents at Our School?
  • Taking Care of Our Heads -- of School, That Is
  • How to Start a Major Gifts Program at Your Independent School
  • Selecting Good Trustees: 6 Ways to Make Sure the Newest Addition is a Good One
Most Recent Testimonial

""We needed someone to help us optimize a relatively strong Development program and Barbara was just the person.  Patient, thorough and wise, she helped us to identify opportunities within our current structure and system that will help us to better engage with our supporters and ultimately improve the experiences of donor and staff alike."

Than Healy
Head of School, Menlo School
[Added March 7, 2026]

Recently Added Schools

  • Menlo School (November 2025)
  • The Saklan School (August 2025)
  • Rolling Hills Prep School (November 2024)
  • The Presentation School (August 2024)
  • Convent of the Sacred Heart School (May 2024)
  • San Domenico School (May 2024)

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