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In This Issue...
President's Message
Revisiting The Hub's Most Popular Articles from 2021
Bias-Free and Inclusive Language: Resources and Examples
Member Spotlight:
Lilly Anderson
My ADRP Hot Topics
ADRP 2022 Webinar Series
Call for Submissions for The Hub
Next Webinar
Bringing the "Surprise and Delight" Experience to Digital Donor Engagement
February 24, 2022
10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
Farida Adam, Associate Director of Development, Ryerson University
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In Service: The Column of the ADRP President
Angela Altamore
Associate Vice President, Stewardship and Donor Engagement
Kansas State University Foundation
I’ve spent much of the last month reflecting on the past. I have reached the age in my life where the child-to-parent relationship is evolving. My conversations with friends these days are often focused on caring for aging parents and all the challenges that go with it. During a recent trip to see my mom, I found myself reflecting on some of the lessons she’s taught me over the years. It culminated when I saw a sign at a truck stop that read, “Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.”
This month’s Hub is all about reflecting on lessons shared in 2021. I encourage you to revisit some of these articles. Things may resonate differently now than they did a year ago. Lessons long forgotten may spark new inspiration today. Learning from the past helps us forge the path ahead and reminds us just how far we’ve come.
Happy reading!
Angela Altamore
ADRP President
Revisiting The Hub's Most Popular Articles from 2021
If 2020 was the year of pivoting, then 2021 was the year of hybridity — of weighing print and electronic communications, of cautiously resuming events in-person with a Zoom backup plan, of asking what wisdom gained from a time of sheltering in place could serve as a stronger foundation for future endeavors. What were your most significant highlights and insights? As we dive into another year of projects, let’s pause to reflect on the past year in donor relations by revisiting The Hub’s most-read articles from 2021.
Read the Most Popular Articles
Bias-Free and Inclusive Language: Resources and Examples
Anna Morrison (Editor, The Hub)
Endowment Reporting Coordinator
University of California, Berkeley
Whether ghostwriting a letter from your institution’s director, preparing gift acknowledgments, or designing a welcome packet for new donors, we put tremendous care into crafting messages that will powerfully and positively impact readers. Most contemporary style manuals contain guidance on bias-free and inclusive language, and your communications team may even provide recommendations. As donor relations professionals, we strive to create a sense of belonging and trust.
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Member Spotlight: Lilly Anderson
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Lilly Anderson
Director, Donor Relations
Beth Israel Lahey Health
ADRP member for 5 years
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What is your greatest donor relations/stewardship achievement?
One of my greatest achievements is on the horizon! My team manages the naming opportunities and donor signage (as well as special stewardship!) for a new inpatient building on our Boston campus at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. I am enthusiastically engrossed in the logistics and impact of this capital project. I would welcome tips from anyone who has managed a similar undertaking — find me on LinkedIn!
Read Lilly's Complete Interview
My ADRP Hot Topics
Interested in sharing your insights on donor relations? Or could you use expert input on a pressing question? Check out these discussions on My ADRP.
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The Care and Feeding of Donor Relations People
Debbie Meyers, EDIT!
A new community – the Care and Feeding of Donor Relations People (C&F for short) — is a safe place to ask for or give help, advice, inspiration, tips, info, suggestions — whatever you need to be your best DR self.
How do you participate? However you want. Post an inspirational quote, write a blog, participate in a webinar, suggest topics or speakers. Take the stage or sit in the back. Talk. Listen. Read. Write.
Our first venture will be a guided discussion with Kay Coughlin titled "Human Giver Syndrome: Donor Relations and the pressure to be perfect and invisible."
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Scholarship Appreciation in 2022
Mike O'Malley, University of San Diego
We're in the process of deciding what exactly our spring scholarship appreciation efforts are going to be in light of the omicron variant and surging COVID cases. In 2020 we used ThankView to collect videos from scholarship recipients and delivered them to the corresponding donors. I'd say it was a successful effort!
We were excited to welcome our donors back to campus this spring, but that is not going to be feasible.
I'm curious what you all are doing this year to steward your scholarship donors.
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ADRP 2022 Webinar Series
We are thrilled that the 2022 Webinar Series is underway!
View the full webinar schedule, learn about receiving CFRE credits, and sign up for the next webinar on February 24, 2022: “Bringing the "Surprise and Delight" Experience to Digital Donor Engagement,” presented by Farida Adam, Associate Director of Development at Ryerson University.
If you missed the excellent January webinar, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Best Practices in Fundraising,” a recording will soon be available in our archives for ADRP members to access.
Call for Submissions for The Hub
Did you start a new job during the pandemic? Is there advice you could share on maintaining self-care or mental health? Do you have strategies for change management that have proven effective? What’s your greatest digital storytelling success?
ADRP and The Hub seek submissions for our upcoming issues. We invite your thoughts on donor relations and stewardship—from best practices to latest trends to personal reflections—as well as perspectives on broader issues in philanthropy.
We seek articles on any topic of interest to donor relations professionals throughout the year, but we also feature rotating calls for submissions with specific focuses.
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