Deconstructing Development: Holiday Edition 2024
Episode Summary
Yolanda and Jill are celebrating the holidays and look towards 2025!
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Caring for Your Organization and Donors during the Holidays
Send handwritten letters and thank you notes to donors.
Hosting an annual fund recognition event to recognize all gifts—regardless of dollar amount.
Hosting small salon dinners with smaller groups of donors to reflect on the year and look forward on what’s to come in the following year.
Spend Q1 showing appreciation to your donors and hold off on making the ask.
Showing Appreciation to Colleagues
You are all one team regardless of your role in an organization.
Organize a white elephant, host a team lunch or write notes on what your appreciate about your colleagues.
Career Care
Continue your job search and networking throughout the holidays. This is a time for reflection—your goals, your added value to the organization, what you’d like to improve on, etc.
