Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Hiring A Development Director and Staff




AFP Members can access our Ready Reference series book on “Bringing a Development Director on Board”http://www.afpnet.org/files/ContentDocuments/3%20Bringing%20a%20Development%20Director%20on%20Board.pdf (you’ll need to log in to access)  The Ready Reference guide download is a benefit of membership.

                The Hot Topic on the Development Office  (Also requires member sign in)

        Development Office

Before an organization starts a fundraising program, certain conditions need to be in place, including leaders that have a clear sense of the organization’s mission and constituency and a vision of the organization’s direction, a continuous planning process for determining how it will achieve its mission and how much it will cost, and the necessary resources to achieve the plan.

Here is some material on Hiring a Development Director and thoughts on when to hire.
  






Development Director Interview



some  additional links for interview questions
http://majorgiftsguru.com/2008/05/interviewing-major-gift-officer.html
http://majorgiftsguru.com/2009/05/major-gift-officer-hiring-questions.html
http://members4.boardhost.com/PNDtalk/msg/archive/1135280993.html




Worth of Development officers

What’s a Good Director of Development worth.

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Here are some web resources on the topic of Nonprofit hiring and staffing.
(Standard disclaimers apply)
Third Sector New England
Idealist
Guidestar
Other sources