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Issue 47 June 2016

APRA Canada Mentorship Program - A Call for Mentors

Call for Mentors!

Unsure about becoming a mentor in APRA Canada’s Mentoring Program? Here are some myth busters that will help push those doubts away…

 

**Myth #1: I can’t be a mentor. I don’t have years of experience and I don’t hold a senior level position.

 

Myth busted: Mentors come from all different backgrounds and career stages. It’s this diversity of volunteers and willingness to help others that makes a strong mentoring program. Right now, we have some mentees who are:

Update: APRA-Canada book: Prospect Research in Canada: The Essential Guide for Researchers and Fundraisers - by Tracey Church

APRA-Canada book: Prospect Research in Canada: The Essential Guide for Researchers and Fundraisers

The editorial process continues on APRA Canada's first book on prospect research, scheduled to be launched at the APRA Canada October conference in Toronto. Hilborn press and fellow co-editor Liz Rejman and myself continue to work on final edits on the chapters before printing.

Introvert’s Day Out: Why Researchers Should Go to Donor Events (Even if it’s Not Your Thing) - by Jennifer Walton

 Introvert’s Day Out: Why Researchers Should Go to Donor Events (Even if it’s Not Your Thing) “They must be just like characters for you, not real people.” It was 2011. We were in the quiet phase of our $500 million campaign, and my campaign director and I were reviewing a list of top prospects. “Yep,” I answered, only half-kidding, “They’re much less scary that way.” I’ve been in not-for-profit twenty-two years, and finally found my home in prospect research in 2008.

Prospect Research: Fundraising’s Secret Weapon (a fundraiser's perspective) - by Maeve Strathy

 Prospect Research: Fundraising’s Secret Weapon (a fundraiser's perspective) Prospect researchers are fundraisers’ secret weapons. When you’re on the fundraising treadmill – hustling to raise that money – you may not think about prospect researchers’ value, but you know you aren’t nearly as good without them.In my experience, prospect researchers are especially amazing for two reasons (it was hard to pick two). #1 – Tracking donors/prospects down I was once dying to get in touch with a donor who had made a massive gift about a decade ea

Can You Help Organize an APRA-C Event at the APRA International Conference?

 Can You Help Organize an APRA-C Event at the APRA International Conference? During the APRA International Conferences, attendees from Canada usually have a social get-together. I am trying to locate any APRA Canada members attending this year’s Conference in Nashville (July 27 to 30) who might be interested in helping organize a social get-together for the Canadian delegates.

Announcement of the 2016 APRA Canada Radhika Jaggernauth Scholarship Winners

 

2016 APRA Canada Radhika Jaggernauth Scholarship Winners

 

On behalf of the APRA Canada board, I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 APRA Canada Radhika Jaggernauth Scholarships:

 

For the Canadian Conference:

•         Mylène Castonguay, Research Officer and Mid-level Gift Officer, Canadian Cancer Society of Quebec

•         Melissa Smith, Prospect Research Manager, United Way of Greater Victoria

 

For the International Conference:

Editors' Note

It’s Summer already?! I’m sure none of us know how that happened so quickly! Co-Editors Laura Avery and Carly Koshman are pleased to present the latest edition of The Scoop! This edition looks at just a few of the many ways Prospect Researchers and Development Officers work together. 

Highlights include:

·         2016 APRA Canada Conference update

·         Winners of the 2016 Radhika Jaggernauth Memorial Scholarship

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