By Matt Bond,Ā Director of Development at St. John's Catholic Student Center at Oklahoma State University
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As many people in our field, I fell into the profession of development by happenstance. A great priest walked into a classroom of my former student center where my sister-in-law just happ...
By Rhen Hoehn, St. Albert the Great University Parish Development Director, Houghton, Michigan
I grew up in a Catholic family that practiced the faith. While I was preparing for confirmation, I went on a NET (National Evangelization Team) retreat. This retreat plus the grace of the sacrament en...
By Tara Doyon, Petrus Director of Client Services and Senior ConsultantĀ
Like many in a development-related profession, I had planned on a career in āsomething else.ā When money was needed for organizations and programs that I cared about, I discovered and honed my development skills.Ā
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Grow...
By Mary Hernandez, Petrus Blog Contributor
Engaging Parents in Campus Ministry
College campus ministries across the country are working feverishly to welcome their flock of new and returning students. If we haven't thought of extending our hospitality to good āole mom and dad, we should.
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Ā By Rhen Hoehn,Ā Development Director, St. Albert the Great University Parish
The following post is an example of messaging included weekly to our Annual Manual Program clients. For more information, visitĀ https://www.petrusdevelopment.com/annualmanual
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Ā This post is an excerpt from Episode 5 of The Petrus Development Show.
Recently, I sat down with Peter de Keratry, Co-Founder of Petrus Development for a conversation for The Petrus Development Show. We covered a variety of topics, but one topic we covered was what development officers truly nee...
By Andrew Robison,Ā President of Petrus DevelopmentĀ
This post is an excerpt from the Fundraising Focus series presented by theĀ Catholic Campus Ministry Association (CCMA).
Many years ago, I was sitting in a donor meeting with my boss at the time, Greg Gorman, and a major benefactor for St. Ma...
As the practice of fundraising has evolved and become more professionalized and complex, many new terms have been created or repurposed that people unfamiliar with fundraising may not understand. For this reason, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) developed a complete glossary of ter...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
In the world of nonprofit fundraising, the key ingredient in every successful development officer's strategy is a relentless focus on face-to-face visits. While other annual targets and goals are important, nothing is as crucial as getting in f...
