The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know by Warder Sr, Michael Y.

The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545194454)

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The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know by Warder Sr, Michael Y.

The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know

$14.95
The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know by Warder Sr, Michael Y.

The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know by Michael Y. Warder Sr is filled with practical advice for anyone in the field of non-profit fundraising. It also helps donors sort through the many requests they receive to give to seemingly worthwhile causes and charities. Drawn from more than four decades in the field, Warder stresses that advancement officers must believe in the mission of the organization they represent and be confidant in the integrity of its leadership. They also need to be knowledgeable about and confident in its management practices. After reviewing the different types of causes that seek funding support, their internal dynamics, and the methods they employ, Warder looks at some of the strategic considerations common to potential donors. These include their will or a living trust, various tax obligations, overall life circumstances, and end-of-life planning decisions. He answers questions concerning the guarantees and possible risks donors have that their bequests will make it possible for heirs and for the causes in which they believe to prosper. Warder looks at some of the celebrated cases of misunderstanding between donors and non-profits to illustrate the nature of the relationship between donor and donee. He then explains the various types of charitable agreements that, with proper planning, can benefit both heirs and charities through the longer term use of charitable tax deductions and avoidance of capital gains taxes. He examines the pros and cons of setting up a charitable foundation, the increasingly popular donor advised Funds (DAFs), and multi-year gift commitments to non-profits. He takes an in-depth look at the advancement officer in terms of personality, research tools at their disposal, and available support. He gives valuable insight into possible cultural attributes of donor prospects and the art of assigning donors to solicitors by the organization along with compensation and support issues. He provides elements of a sound performance review that benefits both the advancement officer and the organization. Warder explains the fundamentals needed for a successful endowment campaign, including the role of the consultant. He concludes by raising some of the most important personal and strategic questions to which an advancement officer should have answers before making The Right Ask.

Author: Michael Y. Warder Sr
ISBN-10: 1545194459
ISBN-13: 9781545194454
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2017
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.41d
By Michael Y. Warder Sr
By Michael Y. Warder Sr
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The author of The Right Ask: What Every Advancement Officer Should Know is Michael Y. Warder Sr. "I wrote the book because of the gap of understanding that I saw between potential donors and advancement officers," Warder said. The book is filled with insights into successful fundraising that he has learned through his more than four decades in the field. Warder has held senior advancement positions for a variety of non-profits in Southern California, Washington, DC, and Illinois. Before founding The Warder Consultancy LLC in 2014 in Upland, California, he served more than nine years as Vice Chancellor of Pepperdine University in Malibu, where his primary duty was to raise funds in support of the university. Prior to this he served as Executive Director for the west coast for The Children's Scholarship Fund. Based in New York City, CSF helps low income families with K-8 partial tuition scholarships which Warder helped raise and administer. Warder has also served as Vice President for Development for the Claremont Institute in Claremont, California and Executive Vice President and Treasurer of The Rockford Institute in Rockford, Illinois. Earlier he was Executive Vice President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and Director of Administration for The Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC. His newspaper columns have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and hundreds of other newspapers. He has been a guest on ABC's Politically Incorrect, Fox's O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC's Internight, KCET's Life & Times, WTTW's Chicago Tonight, and many others. He was an award-winning radio commentator for NPR affiliate, WNIJ, in Northern Illinois. He has organized and led delegations to the former Soviet Union, the Baltics, Israel, Rome, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China and India and has taken 29 trips to Asia and the Middle East since 2006. He attended the Asian-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Bali in 2013. Warder is a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Political Science.

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