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Author: Amy Schiffman

Amy Schiffman is Co-founder and Principal at Giving Tree Associates in Chicago. In addition to managing annual, capital and endowment campaigns, Amy serves as a coach to executive directors, development directors, and board leadership, conducts fundraising and board development trainings nationwide and manages the firm's executive recruiting program. Feel free to reach her at amy@givingtreeassociates.com.
Board Development

Three Things We Can Do Right Now To Be Better Board Members

This week, Alicia Oberman and I will tackle the changing nature of the nonprofit board’s…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Apr 28th 2020
Fundraising 101

Leveraging Lay Leadership

Do you have a sense that your nonprofit board could be playing a more significant…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Sep 10th 2019
Uncategorized

New Year; New You Part II – Battling the Interruption

Two weeks ago I promised to spend January talking about New Year’s resolutions. I chose…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Jan 24th 2019
Uncategorized

New Year; New You (and a Quiz)

Welcome to 2019 — and welcome back to Giving Tree’s blog. I’m going to spend…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Jan 10th 2019
Uncategorized

Donor Recognition and Appreciation: Doing It Right

This month, we launched a blog series focused on the “care and feeding” of your…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Dec 20th 2018
Uncategorized

Volunteer Appreciation: Eight Ways to Say Thank You

Recently, we launched a December blog series focused on the “care and feeding” of your…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Dec 14th 2018
Uncategorized

The Care and Feeding of Your Team: Staff Appreciation

Recently, my team gathered round the table to think collectively about what topics would be…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Nov 29th 2018
Job Placements Search

Reference Checking

Thanks for tuning in to the final episode in our series on the nonprofit job…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Oct 25th 2018
Job Placements Search

Burning Bridges

Welcome back to our ongoing discussion about nonprofit search. In this series, I have discussed…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Oct 11th 2018
Job Placements Search

Talking Salary

Welcome back to our series on nonprofit executive search. In my last few posts, I…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Sep 27th 2018
Search

Preparing for the Interview

Welcome back to our series on search. In my last few posts, I discussed the…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Sep 13th 2018
Search

Preparing your Resume and Cover Letter – Making the Cut

Welcome back to our series on search. In my last few posts, I discussed the…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Aug 30th 2018
Search

Ready to Make the Move: Reading the Job Description

Photo credit https://edubirdie.com/ Welcome back to our series on hiring and the job search. In…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Aug 15th 2018
Search

Making the Move: Knowing When It’s Time to Leave

Welcome back to our series on search and hiring. In my last post, we discussed…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Aug 2nd 2018
Search

The Interview Process: Making the Most of Your Time and Talent

Welcome back to our series on search and hiring. In my last post, we discussed…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Jul 19th 2018
Search

Eight Steps to Writing a Great Job Description

Welcome back to our series on nonprofit search. We’ve been speaking over the last few…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Jun 28th 2018
Search

In-House vs. Recruiter: Five Questions to Ask About Your Search

Two weeks ago we began a series on staffing a nonprofit organization. We talked about…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman May 31st 2018
Search

Hiring Wisdom

Thanks to those who tuned in to my recent series on major gift development –…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman May 18th 2018
Major Gift Development

Major Giving Recognition

Welcome to the final episode in my 8-part series on major gift development. We have…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman May 3rd 2018
Major Gift Development

We Got the Gift – Now What? Tips Toward Great Donor Stewardship

Welcome to Week 7 in my 9-part series on major gift development. Over the past…
Avatar photoAmy Schiffman Apr 19th 2018
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