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Are you a fundraiser who wants to be happy and appreciated in your job? Who wants to earn more money? Would you like to branch out into a fundraising specialty, maybe move up or move on to a new organization? Or, try your hand at consulting? If so, we've written How to Advance in Your Fundraising Career just for you! In this fast-reading book, we show you: What options are available in fundraising How certification can help you in your career Three quick steps to set you on the path to achieve your fundraising goals How to Advance in Your Fundraising Career is written for busy development professionals who want to move ahead in their career and find the exact fit for them. A Nonprofit Quick Guide(TM), you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money. The authors help you: Find ways to get the education and training you need to advance in the field Understand how certification can help you land a job, get paid more, and feel good about your accomplishments Decide when it is time to move up, move one, or consider consulting Find the professional associations and networking opportunities that can help you achieve success Create your own personal plan for success You will learn how to assess your strengths and educate yourself in fundraising techniques and philosophy. You will get insights into how professional organizations can help you grow and make helpful contacts. You will be shown techniques that the authors used to succeed in their development professions and in consulting. You will be given the tools to set goals that are the right goals for you and make sure you are in that ideal job. Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide series, How to Advance in Your Fundraising Career focuses on the three steps too success--learning, getting involved, and setting goals. Other books in this series address other areas of fundraising such as development planning, grant writing, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and finding and retaining new donors, among others. If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet unmet or growing client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide series is for you.

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Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, is one of approximately one hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive designation. Linda is the author of ten nonfiction books, a contributing author, co-editor, or coauthor of twelve others. She has also written three books in the fiction realm. Linda has more than thirty years in the development field. She worked for a university and a museum before starting her own consulting firm. In her twenty-five years as a philanthropic consultant, Linda has managed capital campaigns that have raised more than $50 million, helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and trained more than forty thousand development professionals in most of the fifty states of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Egypt, and Bermuda. She served on the Association of Fundraising Philanthropy (AFP) Foundation for Philanthropy Board and on the Professional Advancement Division for AFP. She is a past president of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Sierra (Nevada) AFP chapters. She received the Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year award from the Eastern Pennsylvania, Las Vegas, and Sierra (Nevada) chapters of AFP, was honored with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Las Vegas AFP chapter. Linda is a graduate of Alvernia University with majors in banking and finance as well as theology/philosophy, and a minor in communications. As a graduate of AFP's Faculty Training Academy, she is a Master Teacher. Joanne Oppelt, MHA, principal of Joanne Oppelt Consulting, LLC, is a seasoned rainmaker with a distinguished track record of success. During her twenty-five-plus years working in the nonprofit arena, she built or rebuilt successful fundraising departments at every stop, helping her organizations grow capacity and more effectively fulfill their missions. She has held positions from grantwriter to executive director at the nonprofits Community Access Unlimited, Caring Contact: A Listening Community, Family to Family Network of New Jersey, Christian Healthcare Center, March of Dimes Central New Jersey, Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, and Maternal and Family Health Services. Her extensive background in a variety of work roles and organizations enables her to understand the realities and challenges nonprofit practitioners face-both internally and externally. Her success at every stop positions her to help any nonprofit, whether through her books or consulting practice, turn around its struggling fundraising operations. Joanne is the author of four books and has taught at Kean University as an Adjunct Professor in its graduate program. She is also a highly sought-after speaker and presenter. Joanne holds a master's degree in health administration from Wilkes University, where she graduated with distinction. Her bachelor's degree is in education, with a minor in psychology.

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