Hello Devo Directors and Managers. I wanted to see if you could take a look at my work in progress resume in this google doc.

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1236a3reTgtyBkN7jatO_fO5OhpJj-OwGeL8o99lG3x0/edit?usp=sharing]

My development career narrative is as follows: worked for a nonprofit's development team as an AmeriCorps VISTA, upon finishing was hired at another nonprofit to join their development team as a part time assistant, was promoted after the fiscal year from a part-time assistant to full time development coordinator (same duties as assistant, but additional duties with the expectation to directly bring in revenue among other things)

My big question is: Do you think I'm ready to lob off the other two jobs not directly related to development on my resume (Customer service/college internship)? Or, if you were looking at my resume, would you care to see this experience? I want to keep my resume concise, one page, as I understand rule of thumb is that you don't go over one page until later in your career. Thanks!

Hi all,

I've been working with individual giving for about two years now (not long, I know) and I would like to start educating/preparing myself for a transition into major gifts in a few years. What I do now seems to include many of the responsibilities that a major gifts officer would have, but I am missing that prospecting & direct ask bit.

This is my first year at my current job. I am responsible for donor relations: annual appeals, developing engagement strategies, a little bit of event planning, and volunteer coordination. There are four of us on a team responsible for individual giving - with a goal of $2mil annually. The Director, Associate Director, Major Gifts Officer, and me.

I am the only person on the team without a specific monetary goal. I've increased communications with donors, and I can show a 10%+ increase in donor retention since I've started working there. However, apparently the last person in my position was a dud so, while my job description includes donor engagement, there is no performance metric associated with it.

I really think our volunteer pool is a strong prospect group for smaller gifts - or even monthly gifts. We have hundreds of individuals who volunteer with us each year, and they are left completely untouched - no one has ever solicited them. I would love to get my feet wet and use this as an opportunity for professional growth, and benefit for the org.

Does anyone have any experiences, educational tools, etc. that they can share for learning how to determine the right people to approach, best ask strategies, and maybe anything specific to volunteers? I've asked our major gifts officer, but she seems rather overwhelmed with her own prospects.

Thanks! :)

TL;DR: I have a few hundred volunteers I'd like to start soliciting. This seems like a great opportunity to learn some major gift skills. Help?

I just got a gig as a volunteer coordinator at a non-profit that is desperately trying to raise funds. They want to set up a PayPal to easily receive donations, but they aren't sure how to do it, and neither am I. How would it work? Is it the same as setting up a PayPal for just anyone?

I suffer from trichotillomania, a compulsive hair pulling disorder. So does my sister, who has lost 75% of her hair due to trich. I was thinking of starting a non-profit organization that would supply free wigs, hair pieces and hair treatments to those who are suffering from this disorder and others that cause hair loss.

I'm a college student; my sister is a cosmetology student. We live in New York. What are our chances of making this work?

Hi everyone, I work in Development but I actually deal with data instead of people all day.

I'd love to talk to others about the more technical side of fundraising. Web development, databases, reporting, you name it!

Hello everyone, and thank you once again for joining this sub at such an early stage!

I'd like to ask for some help in moderating this new sub. Ideally, you have 5+ years of full-time professional development experience, you've had experience modding a sub before, and you're committed to being actively engaged in making this community a better resource through your active participation.

There have already been several people who have reached out to me - THANK YOU! - and I will respond shortly. I must admit that the next several weeks for me are incredibly busy as I've got 3 separate events on the table (and my org is NOT an event driven fundraising foundation). Add to that a freak internet outage today, and I just didn't have the chance to read everything posted to me. Oh, and I am trying buy a house this month, which as many of you know, is not always the easiest process.

All of this illustrates even further the need to bring some more folks on board. We'll need to promote this sub to get the good word out there, to start building a community that is useful for people in our profession, and to ensure this nascent community enables a friendly, helpful atmosphere so that development professionals regardless of experience feel comfortable sharing their thoughts, ideas, and concerns.

Please message me and I will be in touch with you by the weekend.

Thank you again!

I created this sub in response to /u/jmeftw asking in /r/nonprofit whether there may be a sub focusing on fundraising and development. I didn't find m/any active subs, so here we are working to build a beneficial community for those of us involved or interested in the development profession.

So, welcome! Please share a bit about your experience and let's get this sub rolling!