In-Person and Online Training Sessions
Most of my classes are now customized small-group training sessions delivered online to meet the needs of specific prospect researchers and gift officers. (More information about my trainings can be found here.) Examples of past trainings I have delivered for professional associations include:
Prospect Research, Prospect Management, Prospecting in China and India, and International Fundraising Trends (four workshops at the Spring School for Higher Education Advancement Practitioners, hosted by Inyathelo: The South African Institute for Advancement, Cape Town, South Africa, 2012)
International Prospect Research (pre-conference workshop, APRA International Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012)
International Prospect Research (four-part introductory online course for Academic Impressions, 2012)
Golden BRICs: Researching Prospects in Brazil, Russia, China & India (webinar for Helen Brown Group / ShareTraining, 2012)
Global Research: Mastering Special Problems (Mid-Atlantic Researchers Conference (MARC) session, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2013)
International Prospect Research (3-hour presentation at the APRA Upstate NY annual conference, Albany, New York, 2015)
International Research – South Korea & Japan (webinar for the California Advancement Researchers Association (CARA), 2015)
International Research: The Middle East (webinar for APRA Canada, 2013)
Researching Prospects in India (webinar for New England Development Researchers Association (NEDRA), 2015)
Articles
“The Hot Seat: Beth Bandy,” interview with APRA-Illinois, 5 May 2021.
“Keeping Up With The Mail,” Philanthropy Journal, July 2, 2018.
“International Prospect Research: Avoid Bad Data and Potential Dead Ends,” published in APRA Currents, March 2013
“Successful International Prospect Research in Nine Steps,” published in the APRA Upstate New York member newsletter, 2012
“Sources for Latin American Business and Financial Research,” published in Free Pint (UK-based information professional newsletter), July 10, 2008