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| Currents | 6 |
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| Asp, James W., II | 1 |
| Cornforth, Suzanne R. | 1 |
| Dessoff, Alan | 1 |
| Larson, Wendy Ann | 1 |
| Quigg, H. Gerald | 1 |
| Willmer, Wesley K. | 1 |
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| Guides - Non-Classroom | 6 |
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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| Administrators | 6 |
| Practitioners | 6 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
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Larson, Wendy Ann – Currents, 1991
Fifty alumni association administrators offer tips on how they save money or make their programs more cost effective in a variety of administrative areas including event programing, staffing, postal services, support of chapters, looking for new sources of revenue, fees for services, publications, planning ahead, and sharing resources. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Higher Education
Dessoff, Alan – Currents, 1995
Maintaining a quality college alumni program on a small budget requires careful analysis of services and may involve painful decisions. This process should begin with a broad, strategic review of mission, programming, audiences, and services. Finding other funding sources and increasing cost-consciousness can also help keep some activities funded.…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Quigg, H. Gerald – Currents, 1989
To improve the board's fund-raising results, development officers need to educate and support their members by explaining the institution's needs and expectations during recruitment, providing orientation and information, cultivating trustees' relationship with development staff, and arranging contact between trustees and students and faculty.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Fund Raising, Governing Boards, Higher Education
Asp, James W., II – Currents, 1999
Increasingly, college and university development officers are using pay incentives to improve staff performance and motivation. Such efforts should include development of a statement of values, multiple evaluation measures, encouragement and reward for teamwork, realism and fairness, disciplined implementation of policy, investment of necessary…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Cornforth, Suzanne R. – Currents, 1998
College and university Web site managers are offered advice for creative funding and staffing, including how to determine actual human, equipment, and financial resource needs; six ways to break out of the conventional funding paradigm (using existing resources well, using others' money, advertising, priority shifts, shared resources, and in-kind…
Descriptors: Advertising, Computers, Costs, Donors
Willmer, Wesley K. – Currents, 1993
Ten keys to strengthening advancement efforts in small colleges include clarifying institutional mission; knowing and articulating your market position; maintaining a long-term focus; staying aware of global trends; establishing total institutional commitment; allocating adequate resources; promoting leadership; building a selectively…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Planning, Consultants, Higher Education
