The Development Toolbox Newsletter
A quarterly digital educational newsletter for the fund-development community

Welcome to the The Development Toolbox, a digital newsletter specifically designed and created for the professional fundraising and donor research community!

The Development Toolbox brings readers solid education and step-by-step "how-to's" on a variety of subjects that affect us every day. If you face any of these issues, The Development Toolbox is a must-have resource...

  • How do we do more with less time, money, and staff?
  • How do we improve and streamline our processes? 
  • How can we expand our base of donors?
  • How do we conduct research more effectively in both time and money?
  • How can we better cultivate our prospect pool?

Each issue will include articles related to important topics that affect you every day, including…

  • Prospect research strategies.
  • Evaluation of research sites and tools.
  • Research tips, tricks, and strategies everyone can do now.
  • Analyzing your prospect's wealth and capacity.
  • Prospect identification strategies.
  • Prospect relationship strategies.
  • Prospect management strategies.

Here's what's coming in future issues of The Development Toolbox...

Prospect Research Strategies:
  • Evaluating how the asset make-up of the Form 990 relates to individual wealth.
  • The "Must Haves" from the corporate proxy:  Uncovering critical information and interpreting the corporate proxy statement.
  • Evaluating the “real estate indicator”: Uncovering and effectively using real estate evaluation services.

Prospect Identification Strategies
  • Successfully identifying “the best new non-donor prospects” for your prospect pool.
  • The Database “Tweak”: Simple steps to identify the gold in your database.

Prospect Management Strategies
  • Identifying and evaluating “natural partners” in the cultivation process.
  • Effectively "rate” and “rank” your prospect pool.

Plus evaluation of...
  • Best biographical research sites.
  • Best salary survey sites.
  • Best real estate valuation sites.
  • Best corporate research sites.

The Development Toolbox is published in digital format only quarterly July, October, January, and April by Prospect Research & Development Strategies. Price $89/annually.


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July, 2009 issue...

Prospect Research Strategies
  • The Salary Survey: Uncovering and evaluating compensation tools.

Prospect Identification Strategies
  • Expand your donor base by developing a "relationship network."

Prospect Management Strategies
  • Identifying the best "natural partners" for your prospect cultivation plan.

Research Tools Worth A Look
  • Which "commercial services" provide the biggest "bang for the buck." 


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