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The Development Debrief — 182 episodes

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176. Wendy Connors: CDO to CEO

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175. Sustaining Your Journey: Sarah Bell

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174. Sustaining Your Journey: Tommy Bergstrom

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173. Sustaining Your Journey: Boi Carpenter

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172. Solo Episode: Recalibrating Mid-career

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171. Boyden with Texas A&M: What we Celebrate and what we Tolerate

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170. David Kennedy: Strategic Realignment

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169. Joanne Berger-Sweeney: Trinity's All In Campaign

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168. Adrian Colarusso: What is your wealth's Highest Purpose?

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167. Carolyn Vine: Leadership, Legacy, and the Future of Robin Hood

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166. Joel Malina: How to Define and Respond to Crisis

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165. Claudia Taylor Overstrom: Parent Fundraising at Yale

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164. Robin Aviv: Sharing Our Stories

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163. Craig Shelley: High Performing Teams

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162. Susan Murray: Raising Unrestricted Capital

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161. Julie Braverman and Mathwon Howard: Owning Your Career

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160. Ashley Budd: Irresistibly Clickable

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159. Dr. Tina Bernot: Grit, Growth, and Gratitude

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158. Walking Through the Gate

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157. Marc Camille: Chief Storyteller

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156. Liz Elting: Dream Big and Win

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155. CJ Orr: AI

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154. Jessica Carbone: Philanthropy Means Love

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153. Ben Feller: It's not what you say, it's what they hear

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152. Boi Carpenter: Inquisitive Leader

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151. Justin Fincher: Inhabiting The Gap

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150: Ben Outar: CASE Summer Intern

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149. Chris McGowan: Best practices for working with volunteers and parents

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148. Elizabeth Keppel: 5 Ways to Take Your Team to the Next Level

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147. Heather Kopec: Advancing, not replacing the human brain

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146. Mark Koenig: How do we work alongside AI?

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145. Deb Lin: CFR 101

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144. Andrew Gossen: It is No Longer Abstract

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143. Stephanie Cook: Building a non-natural constituency base

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142. Jennifer Zaslow: Working Through Difficult Conversations

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141. Looking forward and looking back

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140. Chad Paris: The Making of Parisleaf

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139. Elizabeth Hines: Investing in Generations

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138. Brandon Baker: From 10M to 1B

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137. Anna Schlia: Providing a Framework

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136. Anna Dugan: Next Generation Fundraising

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135. Matt Abrahams: Think Faster, Talk Smarter

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134. My First Team Retreat

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133. Wendy Sealey: Live Audience, FRDNY, AFP 2023

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132. Emily Kernan: The joys of Annual Giving

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131. The Wells Collective: You Can Only See From Where You Sit

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130. Marcela Hahn: Women in Development

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129. Andy Rathmann-Noonan: Expand Your Mission

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128. Christine Pina: Engendering Pride in People

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127. Mike Hoffman: The Power of Proximity

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126. Making Moves with Christopher Haight

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125. Paul Sullivan: You Just Ask

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124. Jan Abernathy: Building Your Personal Brand

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123. Taylor Wood: Vanderbilt's Regional Hubs

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122. Lisa Alvarez-Calderón: The Golden Ingredient to Recruiting, Talent, Retention

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121. Eric Almonte: A True Partnership

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120. Maria Di Mento: A Conversation about The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 50

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119. JD Beebe: The Origin Story of ThankView

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118. Laurel Richie and Bob Lasher: The Inside Story of Dartmouth's $3.5 Billion Campaign

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117. Katy Herbert Kotlarczyk: Checking The Boxes

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116. Maddie Hansen: What is the impact?

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115. Adam Doyno: Who is "Frontline"?

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114. Shanna Hocking: One Bold Move A Day

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113. Connor Adams: Leadership From a Fresh Perspective

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112. Karen Osborne: Board Diversification and Impactful Stewardship

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111. Patrick Schmitt: Planned and non-cash Giving Strategies

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110. Steve Grimes: Prospect Research

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109. Leah Heister Burton: Circle in a World of Squares

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108. Gauri Manglik: Building Instrumentl

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107. Michael and Megan: There is Hope

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106. Debbie Rosenberg Bush: CFR Career Journey

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105. Orr Group: Mega Gifts, Crypto, ESG, oh my!

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104. Amanda Pulawski: Setting the Table

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103. Herb Soles: Culture Beats Strategy

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102. Lydia Fenet: Command an Audience and Sell your way to Success

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101. Demystifying The Ask

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100. Amplify, Sunset, and Create

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99. Rich Goode: Pro Tips in Planned Giving

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98. Amy Eisenstein: Capital Campaign Toolkit

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97. Thom Lockerby: Independent School miniseries

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96. Jennifer Kaplan Burns: Independent School miniseries

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95. Harold Brown: Independent School miniseries

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94. Emily Stone: Independent School miniseries

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93. Colin Stewart: Work Smarter, Not Harder

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92. Margaret Kaufmann, Jonah Nigh, Alex Tapnio: Be a Pathmaker, not a Gatekeeper

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91. Rob Scott: The Force Multiplier

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90. Ashutosh Nandeshwar: Artificial Intelligence For Good

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89. Karl Clauss: Leading Alma Mater and Campaign Momentum

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88. Jason Briggs: Making specialist knowledge more accessible

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87. Leti McNeill Light: Ideating Partnership

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86. Matt Hutter: Creating Sustained Culture Change

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85. Sue Cunningham: CASE as a strategic partner and professional home

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84. Stephanie Posen: Recruiting and Training Front Line Fundraisers

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(BONUS EPISODE) Exciting Opportunities at my Alma Mater!

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83. Daren Batke: I Just Am

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82. Rich Berlin: Could DREAM be in your future?

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81. Sarah Krasin: New Leadership and Building Culture

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80. CeCe Aparo: Email hacks for effective (not efficient) donor outreach

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79. Mary Jane Bray: It Starts With Thank You!

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78. Colin Donovan Wyatt: The Business of Becoming

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77. Jim Husson: Understanding Yourself and Your Institution

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76. Part 5: Returning to a Sense of Place Mini Series

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75. Major Gifts Guide

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74. Josh Schaier: Hebrew Free Lending

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73. Sara Sargent: Don't Assume Anything

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72. Part 4: Returning to a Sense of Place Mini Series

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71. Kris Putnam- Walkerly: Delusion Altruism

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70. Dee Robinson: On T.R.U.E Leadership

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69. Part 3: Returning to a Sense of Place Mini Series

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68. Sam Duplessis: MGO to Manager

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67. Rebecca Clendenen: Growing Healthy Annual Giving Societies

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66. Ben Feller: Be Known for Who You Are

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65. Part 2: Returning to a Sense of Place Mini Series

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64. Michele Ripka: New to the Field

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63. Part 1: Returning to a Sense of Place Mini Series

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62. Elizabeth Abel: Happy New Year!

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61. Lisa Greer: Do We Need A Philanthropy Revolution?

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60. Jill Lasman: The Future of Executive Search

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59. Ryan Hart: The Gift Multiplier

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58. Joan O'Neill: Virtual Campaign Launch and Principal Gifts

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57. David Smith: Cancel the Gala for Good?

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56. Jen Risher: Let's Talk About Wealth

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55. Mike Eicher and Justin Fincher: Leadership Starts with You

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54. Elizabeth Angeles: Celebrating Advocacy and Education

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53. Chris Clarke: Engineering and Campaign Strategy

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52. Alison Traub and Chris Cox: A Comparative Discussion of UK vs. US Fundraising

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51. Robert Khederian: Selling to the Carriage Trade

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50. Esther Choy: Interpreting First Generation Wealth

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49. Braylon Edwards: Football and Philanthropy

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48. Blake Davis: Networking with Natural Curiosity

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47. Karen Isble: From Prospect Researcher to Vice President

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46. John Toolan: How to Prepare for an Authentic Interview

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45. Patty Hill Callahan: Pressing The Reset Button

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Season 3 Trailer: Tell Me Something Good

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44. Anniversary Episode: What We Know After 2020

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43. Jonah Nigh: Museum Musings

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42. Julie Lucas: Independent Schools Empower Students

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41. Brent Grinna: Thanksgiving Special!

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40. Brian Chapman: The Value of Gifts

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39. Nina Diefenbach and Whitney Donhauser: Broadening Audience with Closed Doors

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38. Andy Zepp: Environmental Fundraising

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37. Howard Stevenson: Examine the Root

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36. Suzanne Hilser-Wiles: Know Better, Do Better

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35. George Development Group: High Impact Philanthropy

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34. Kathi Warren: Commitment to Culture

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(BONUS EPISODE) Kathryn Van Sickle: Virtual Visits

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33. Matt Lachs: CFR and a Childhood Dream

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32. Tamara Rogers: Reflections on a Billion Dollar Career

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31. Ben Porter: Unpacking Principal Gifts

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30. Brooke Schostak And Bonnie Taylor: The Future of Furlough

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Season 2 Trailer

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Season 1 Recap: The Power of Change

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29. Dan Shephard: Tips for Preparing for FY21

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28. Abigail Smitka: The Graveyard Shift

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27. Kevin Hallock: Higher Ed Econ 101

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26. Thomas Moore And Britani Griffin: Progress and Hope for Black Development Officers

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25. Birgit Smith Burton: Understanding Racism in Fundraising

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24. Dennis Barden: The Demand Will Increase

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(BONUS EPISODE) Michele Schiele: Brilliant Minds and Highly Successful People

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23. Michele Schiele: Complicated Projects and Institutional Change

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22. Phil Wilkerson: Find Your Fuel

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21. Leslie Nelson-Bernier: A Mother's Mark

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20. Tara Gans: A Donor Unscripted

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19. Fritz Schroeder: Longevity and Leadership

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18. Shanna Hocking: Let's Get Motivated

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17. Dan Peterson: Maximum Flexibility

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16. Michelle Vaeth: Play your Position

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15. Martin Leifeld: Faith in Fundraising

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14. Veronica Martini: Front Line Online

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13. Jeff Richard: Timing is Everything

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12. Ryan Davis: Surround yourself with Strength

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11. Rachael Gazdick: Scholarship in Action

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10. Chase Palmer: A Father's Focus

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9. John and Scott: Giving from the Heart

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8. Susan Feagin: She Opened The Door

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7. Steve Poskanzer: The President Prepares

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6. Fred Van Sickle: If you don't ask, you don't get

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5. Dawn Nadeau: A Donor Unscripted

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4. Rhea Turteltaub: The Transparent Trustee

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3. Craig Smith: Owning the Conversation

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2. Chris Haight: Raising the bar for yourself

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1. Introducing The Development Debrief with Kathryn Van Sickle