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Francis Bacon.1561-1626, Maxims of the Law. Preface.

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Rosalinda Olivares, Assistant Director, Baylor Fund, Baylor University

I was a student caller and supervisor at Baylor for my first 3 years of college. While finishing up my undergraduate degree I took over as the Assistant Director where my primary responsibility was our call center. Last year we broke all call center records set at our institution by raising $756,000. (The year before we raised $406,000 and the most ever was $515,000. The Baylor Fund also won a CASE Grand Award for the most Improved Annual Giving Program).

Hiring - Caller Application, Personal Interview, Phone Interview
Script - Alumni Dues

Jane Ong, Associate Director, Annual & Special gifts, University of Southern California

In 2005, Jane began her career in development at the University of California, Irvine. For 5 ½ years at UCI, she has worked in the areas of Undergraduate Student Support, Major Gifts and Annual Giving. Her responsibilities included, but were not limited to, the implementation of all direct mail, eGiving and senior class campaigns. Currently, Jane is the Associate Director of Annual & Special Gifts at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Her responsibilities at the Viterbi School include managing and cultivating members for USC’s Viterbi Society; coordinating the Viterbi eNewsletter, direct mail and eSolicitation campaigns for the School; act as the head liaison between the Viterbi School and RuffaloCODY for their telemarketing campaign; and coordinating the stewardship process for their annual donors, Viterbi Society donors and major gift donors.

If you have any questions/comments in regards to the any of the campaign pieces Jane has worked on, please feel free to contact her at: [email protected] / 213.821.2921.

Campaign Letters - Annual Giving Direct Mail Campaign Letter and Letterhead, Humanities, Information and Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Ecology, Social Sciences, Spring Direct Mail to Multiple Segments
e-Campaign Letters - eGiving, eGiving Letter, Engineering, Humanities, ICS, Medicine, Physical Sciences, Senior Class E-Giving, Social Ecology, Social Sciences, eGiving Sent to Various Schools, School eGiving Letters

Other Sample Letters - , Holiday Giving, 2, Senior Class Giving, Young Alumni Brochure, Young Alumni Letter

Other Samples - e-Acknowledgement, e-Fulfillment, Campaign Brochure, e-Pledge Reminder, Holiday Card, Senior Class Brochure, 2, Senior Class e-Giving

Senior Class - Senior Class eGiving Letter, Senior Class Gift Card.

Thank You - End of year thank you postcard to students.

Mary Ann Oppenheimer, Director of Development, Rivier College

Mary Ann Oppenheimer is Director of Development at Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire. Mary Ann has over 20 years experience in management and development in both the for- and not-for-profit sectors.

Policies - Naming Opportunities

Karl Otto

Karl is currently at the University of Washington and previously worked as Product Manager for SunGard BSR's Web Community and Document Management software, working with clients to determine the best strategic direction and most imperative gaps for those products. Most recently, he was the Advance Evangelist for the implementation of a new fundraising system at Columbia University. Karl has worked in higher education fundraising since 1992, when he started in Development Services at his alma mater, the College of William & Mary.

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