Rebecca DeLuca

Loved my first #FundChat! Glad I found you all.

RT @JM_Grants Great to chat with all of you today! Thank you @bredankinney and @fundchat for bring us together! #fundchat

RT @JM_Grants @delucare @JM_Grants I wish you lived close by - we could do it together :) #fundchat

A5) Make time to face-to-face meetings you have less time for later. Golf is a great way to build relationships (or so I hear)! #FundChat

A4) We also found a lot of our donors have summer homes, so we plan events around those locations. #FundChat

A4) We brought someone on to work directly with our neighbors. They tend to get lost when we're focused on alums + students #FundChat

A3) Our fundraising strategies are more subtle over the summer. I don't know if that's the best way yet, it's just how it is #FundChat

A2) In higher-ed, we have more success when are students are involved/on campus, not during summer. #FundChat

RT @JunoConsult A2 It depends on your own calendar. When can you most connect with the impact donors want to have? #fundchat

A1) We had major pushes at the close of FY15 on June 30, then slowed down until students are back #FundChat

RT @fundchat Q1 With summer coming to a close, how did your fundraising efforts fare? Better than expected? Worse? #fundchat

A1) This is my first summer in development, and I believe it went exactly as they expected it to: AKA - nonexistent #FundChat

I'm Rebecca, I work in an join alumni+development office in #Boston, and help nonprofits with storytelling! #FundChat

RT @DJDiG I've got my lunch ready & I'm looking forward to the return of #Fundchat at noon! (They took a summer break.)

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Today's #FundChat has been on my calendar for months. Can't wait to chat!

I was recently asked what my biggest #nonprofit pet peeve is. For me, it's using the term "direct impact" - it means NOTHING!