June Professional Development | Lemons to Lemonade: Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty The slides for this program are available HERE. The lemons: Cost of living increases, rising interest rates, aging baby boomers. Believe or not, there are giving opportunities that can sweeten the mix. In the spirit of a summer lemonade stand, we’ll stir up a couple of recipes to offer your donors, with variations for bequests, IRA gifts, and charitable gift annuities. Sheryl Aikman is the principal of Alenda Consulting LLC. She serves a wide range of nonprofit, individual and professional advisor clients, with a focus on major, life [...]

September Professional Development | Navigating Sticky Situations As fundraising professionals we are committed to ethical practices and work to avoid questionable situations. But sometimes they find us! Join us this month for a lively group discussion about real world, sticky situations and how your peers have navigated them. Whether it’s really obvious (you want me to do WHAT?!?) or something you never considered an ethical dilemma  (I shouldn’t do THAT when I change jobs?), you need to be equipped with strategies and peers to support you. Bring your bag lunch and we’ll bring the strategies and peer support. [...]