{"id":1,"date":"2017-05-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/WordPress\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-06-08T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T23:58:18","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Top Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Key\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/albersconsulting.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/key_to_success1.jpg?w=199&amp;h=300\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are several key steps that trustees must take to assist in fund development.<\/p>\n<p>Prospects: Top trustees constantly provide new gift prospects and updated information for current donor files.<\/p>\n<p>Evaluation: Top trustees elevate the giving potential of prospective donors they know or know about.\u00a0 This must be done as a formal process in a confidential setting.\u00a0 The same trustees help match the best solicitor with these top prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Cultivation: Top trustees as leaders in their community or profession are the best qualified to conduct cultivation on an informal basis.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitation: Many times trustees are reluctant to \u201cclose the deal\u201d or they often fail to ask for enough.\u00a0 Top trustees demonstrate their commitment by giving generously and by enthusiastically asking others to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>The role of the trustee is crucial.\u00a0 Without the active involvement of the board, the fundraising effort will lack spirit, even credibility.\u00a0 By their participation, board members lend a sense of urgency to the whole development effort.\u00a0 Top trustees make an organization succeed.\u00a0 Top trustees are the result of an effective partnership of staff and highly qualified board members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several key steps that trustees must take to assist in fund development. Prospects: Top trustees constantly provide new gift prospects and updated information for current donor files. Evaluation: Top trustees elevate the giving potential of prospective donors they know or know about.\u00a0 This must be done as a formal process in a confidential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32,35,36],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-posts","tag-board-development","tag-fund-development","tag-trustees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434,"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albersconsultingllc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}