Bentz Whaley Flessner

Josh Birkholz, pictured here on the left with the faculty of BTFRI, spoke twice at the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, gathering. The 49th session of the Big Ten Fundraising Institute included sessions from academic leaders, philanthropists, and senior advancement officers at major public research universities. Sunday July 31  Analytics: Measuring Fundraising Success Monday, August 1:  Using [...]

Bruce will be speaking at the CASE National Committee for Institutionally Related Foundations committee meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20 in Minneapolis, to share his thoughts on the latest trends in higher ed philanthropy and foundations.

Learn how to optimize your philanthropy program and maximize the benefits to your community. Join the best and brightest in health care fundraising at the AHP International Conference. Join the Members of Bentz Whaley Flessner at the following sessions. October 21, 2011 Planning for Growth and Growth by Planning: Applying Lessons from Real Cases of [...]

With the drumbeat of bad economic news in the United States and around the world threatening the nation’s fragile recovery, fund raisers are wearily bracing themselves for a possible double-dip recession and the likelihood of a slowdown in giving in …

Bruce Flessner, BTFRI Faculty, and Joshua Birkholz will be attending this year’s conference. July 31, 2011  – Strategies for Managing Development Programs in Complex Enviroments Learn how to create strategies to successfully mangage your program in a complex enviroment -Bruce Flessner and Rod Kirsch July 31, 2011  – Analytics: Measuring Fundraising Success (Part 1 of [...]

Josh Birkholz and I presented at the AHP Regional Conference. Here is a summary of the presentation along with information on how to get the handouts.

Successful Connections Start in Orlando A conference for health care fundraisers looking for solutions for their giving programs. Designed for large and small shops and everthing in between. Connections are everything. Monday, June 27, 2011  Bruce Flessner will be presenting How the slow recovery is shaping philanthropy. With the end of the “Great Recession,” the patterns [...]

CASE Summit 2011

Join Bruce Flessner, Bruce Dreon and other campus leaders in Chicago at the CASE Summit for Advancement Leaders. Despite its history and traditions, higher education is changing fast, making it difficult to keep up. Campus borders don’t stop at the corners of the Student Union and Main Street anymore. Changes are happening at our institutions [...]

Read Bruce Flessner’s comments on the Great Recession in the Chronicle of Philanthropy February 2, 2011, article on donations to colleges. Read Article

Five key emerging trends and approaches to feasibility studies for the evolving philanthropic landscape.