Fundraisers
Organize activities to raise funds or otherwise solicit and gather monetary donations or other gifts for an organization. May design and produce promotional materials. May also raise awareness of the organization's work, goals, and financial needs.
Also called: Development Director; Direct Response Consultant; Director of Development; Executive Director of Development, Gift Planning
Knowledge:
- customer service
- management
Skills:
- talking to others
- writing things for co-workers or customers
- talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Initiative
- Persistence
Technology:
Customer relationship management CRM software
- Microsoft Dynamics
- SofterWare DonorPerfect
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Structured query language SQL
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
