Fundraisers
Development Director; Direct Response Consultant; Director of Development; Executive Director of Development, Gift Planning
What they do:
Organize activities to raise funds or otherwise solicit and gather monetary donations or other gifts for an organization. May design and produce promotional materials. May also raise awareness of the organization's work, goals, and financial needs.
On the job, you would:
- Identify and build relationships with potential donors.
- Write and send letters of thanks to donors.
- Secure commitments of participation or donation from individuals or corporate donors.
Business
- customer service
- management
Arts and Humanities
Communications
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- writing things for co-workers or customers
Social
- talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Initiative
- Persistence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Customer relationship management CRM software
- Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
- SofterWare DonorPerfect
Data base user interface and query software
- FileMaker Pro
- Structured query language SQL
Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
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bachelor's degree
usually needed
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$54,130
per year, on average
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