The APRA-FL Blog

New APRA Florida Logo

2009-03-12T13:33:00.002-05:00

Since the recent APRA International logo and website redesign, many of the chapters have been eagerly anticipating the release of new logos for use at the local level. APRA Florida is pleased to announce that the new logo is here:

We've also updated the website to match the new logo and color scheme. Take a look around the website and enjoy!

AFP Event Announcement

2008-09-03T07:37:00.002-05:00

The Association of Fundraising Professionals

Arredondo Chapter

Presents

Building a Donor-Centered Case for Support

Featuring

Margaret “Peg” Hall, Ph.D., President, Mode 2 Associates

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

11:30 am – 1:00 pm at the

Paramount Resort and Conference Center

AFP Members: $20; Non-Members $25.00

Please RSVP to Kathleen Bogolea, at Haven Hospice:

kcbogolea@havenhospice.org

or call (352) 318-8379, by Friday, September 5

(Note: Checks should be made payable to:

Assoc. of Fundraising Professionals, Arredondo Chapter

Any reservations cancelled after September 5 must be paid.)

Send payments to:

William Yarick, CFRE

P.O. Box 324

Live Oak, Florida 32064

(Note: payments may be made on site, too)

Please join your fellow nonprofit fundraising professionals and Executive Directors for this learning & networking event!

Ask Another Researcher: Sungard Prospect Management Module

2008-04-10T10:44:00.003-05:00

Today's question comes from Lorraine Shim from Nova Southeastern:

Good Day,

I wanted to connect with prospect managers who are currently using Banner/SunGuard prospect management module. I would love to know how you are using this module and your success in capturing moves management information. Please call or email me at lorra at nova dot edu.

Thank you,

Lorraine A. Shim
Director of Prospect Management

and Advancement Research

Nova Southeastern University

Ask Another Researcher: Looking for Contact Info

2007-10-26T07:58:00.000-05:00

Today's question comes from Carol Brown Lukemeyer, Prospect Research and Database Manager at Methodist Health Foundation in Indianapolis:

Good morning,
I am trying to locate prospect researchers from the Florida institutions listed below – can you help me out? Thanks in advance.

Bayfront Health Foundation, St Pete
Helen Memorial Foundation, Tarpon Springs
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation
University Community Hospital Foundation

Thanks!

If you can help Carol out, either leave a comment or email her directly at clukemey (at) clarian (dot) org.

AFP Event Announcement

2007-09-24T11:59:00.000-05:00

The Association of Fundraising Professionals
Arredondo Chapter

Presents

How To Get Your Website To Be A Major Member of
Your Fundraising Team

Featuring

Daniel Evans
Caribbean Conservation Corporation

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Paramount Resort & Conference Center
(2900 SW 13^th Street, Gainesville – Lakeview South Room)

11:30 Networking
12:00 Lunch & Speaker
Members: $20.00 – Non Members $25.00

Please RSVP to Krista M. Cornell: kjcornell@havenhospice.org
or call (352) 271-4646, by Friday, October 5

(Note: Reservations canceled after October 5 requires payment for meal. Checks should be made payable to Assoc. of Fundraising Professionals, Arredondo Chapter)

On site payment will be available or send payments to:
William Yarick, CFRE
P.O. Box 324
Live Oak, Florida 32064

Please join your fellow nonprofit fundraising professionals and
Executive Directors for this learning & networking event!

Another Association of Fundraising Professionals Event Announcement

2007-07-27T08:14:00.000-05:00

Our friends at the Arredondo Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals have another event they'd like to announce. If you will be in the Gainesville area on August 21st, please consider checking it out:

The Association of Fundraising Professionals
Arredondo Chapter

Presents

Volunteer Management
Or
How Would You Like to Have A Fundraising Staff of 60?

Featuring

Barbara Miles
Associate VP for Development
University of Florida Foundation

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Paramount Resort & Conference Center
(2900 SW 13th Street, Gainesville – Lakeview South Room)

11:30 Networking
12:00 Lunch & Speaker
Members: $20.00 – Non Members $25.00

Please RSVP to Krista M. Cornell: kjcornell@havenhospice.org
or call (352) 271-4646, by Friday, August 17

(Note: Reservations canceled after August 17 requires payment for meal. Checks should be made payable to Assoc. of Fundraising Professionals, Arredondo Chapter)

On site payment will be available or send payments to:
William Yarick, CFRE
P.O. Box 324
Live Oak, Florida 32064

Ask Another Researcher: LexisNexis vs. Pro Platinum

2007-05-10T15:11:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone enjoyed the spring conference at Rollins College. Thanks again to Elaine Kessinger and her team for hosting!

Now that we're all back in our offices, hopefully, we'll have some time to answer today's question courtesy of Rebecca Caldwell at Florida Tech:

Greetings APRA-Floridians -
I was wondering if any of you would be able to help me with a resource comparison task. I would like to know who has used LexisNexis and PRO Platinum (by iwave). Which is more cost effective? Time efficient? General thoughts/opinions are greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone and am looking forward to reconvening in the fall. :)

OK, everyone, let's help Rebecca out and post recommendations in the comments!

Ask Another Researcher: Salary Reports

2007-04-06T15:46:00.000-05:00

This question was actually asked on Wednesday, but I've been out of the loop enjoying spring break with my children and haven't checked email until this afternoon. I apologize to Rebecca Caldwell of the Florida Institute of Technology for the delay as she writes in to ask:

I was wondering if there were any examples of sample salary reports that I may refer to when I draw up mine later this month. I’d love some references to the APRA salary survey but can’t seem to get to them (and haven’t heard back from APRA with regards to my login and password). Thanks for any help you can give me.

Please send any replies to the comments, which, I promise, shouldn't take me as long to moderate this time around since vacation for me is almost over. Thanks!

Ask Another Researcher: FoundationSearch

2007-03-30T09:22:00.000-05:00

Today's question comes from Carol Harlow at the University of Tampa:

I would like your comments on FoundationSearch. Every spring I am besieged by emails and phone calls from FS's company representative. We are not in a position to buy this product but if anyone has actually used this product I would be interested in your experiences good and bad.

Let us know what you think! Please help us out by posting your responses in the comments.

What Raiser's Edge Modules Do You Use?

2007-03-28T12:22:00.000-05:00

The following was sent to me via a colleague who works at a smaller, community services non-profit, "here we use Raiser's Edge - I thought maybe if there were other RE users I could learn what modules might help me." So, Raiser's Edge users...what modules do you use that you find particularly helpful?

Message from the President

2007-02-08T09:03:00.000-05:00

A New Year, A New Day for APRA-FL

Hello Everyone!

We are now well into 2007, and I want to let you know about some of what to expect from APRA-FL this year. Last year was a year of transitions, and although things may have seemed quiet, we had a lot going on. In addition to our chapter’s significant participation in the 19th Annual APRA International Conference held in Orlando, the board of directors began planning for what will be a banner year for the chapter.

We are excited to now get things rolling for 2007, and hope you will find this year’s APRA-FL activities professionally rewarding and fun.

Membership
We continue to look at ways of adding value to your membership with APRA-FL. A lot of you had asked in the past about membership materials upon joining. In response, we are moving to electronic confirmation and a welcome letter via email. The reason for this format is to save on printing and postage costs. These savings will be passed along to you in the form of programs and APRA-FL scholarships. Last year we were able to offer a scholarship for the APRA-International Conference for the first time. As funds permit, we hope to award a scholarship again this year for the APRA International 20th Anniversary conference.

Website & Communications
The new APRA-FL website is now live! It is completely redesigned and has some exciting new features such as the APRA-FL blog and a new members-only section. Our hope is that you will make visiting www.aprafl.org a part of your daily routine. APRA-FL webmaster, Audrey Geoffroy, will be communicating with all of you very soon the new features of the website and how to navigate and maximize your experience while on the site.

We will be resurrecting the APRA-FL newsletter beginning this spring, and running it quarterly to keep you informed of chapter news, new professional resources, and member features. We will be canvassing for topics to cover, and hope that some of you may be interested in volunteering to write features to share with the membership.

Programs
This year the board decided to do something a little different. We will be having a Spring Conference at Rollins College in Winter Park tentatively scheduled for May 4, 2007 (Save-the-Date information will be forthcoming very soon), and a Fall Conference in Southeast Florida, with location and dates still to be determined. We hope you will like the flexibility of this year’s two-conference format. Additionally, we will continue to have site-hosted Virtual Seminars…but with additional programming built-in to bring you greater value and more reasons to attend! There are other program concepts in the works, so stay tuned.

I hope you will join me this year in making a stronger, more interactive APRA-FL. As you know we are in our annual membership renewal period. If you have not yet renewed your membership, I encourage you to do so. It is going to be a good year for advancement research in Florida!

Regards,

Steve Knight
President, APRA-FL

Renewal

2007-01-31T17:08:00.000-05:00

It's that time of year to renew your membership - just in time for the relaunch of the new APRA-FL website. I've finally got enough together to launch the members-only section, so it's ready to go. Usernames and passwords will be coming sometime in February. In the meantime, please us know if there are any features you'd like to see added to the website down the road (within reason of my amateur capabilities, of course!).

Also, check out our new "Ask Another Researcher" feature on the sidebar. Simply click the link to send in any questions you'd like posted for other Florida researchers to answer. Questions from researchers at all levels are welcome. We've got some really talented, seasoned researchers in the membership who may know the one technique or piece of information that could make your life at the office a little easier.

Still Testing Everything

2006-08-17T20:49:00.000-05:00

I'm still working on the new website. I'm learning something new every day! Today, I had my first adventure with Javascript after having lots of problems with IE not recognizing my CSS. I have come to the conclusion that Internet Explorer is the bane of the beginner.

Website Announcement

2006-08-02T15:31:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone!

I am in the process of redesigning our organization website, which includes the introduction of this brand new blog. Please stay tuned for exciting new changes on the horizon!

~Audrey