Plan A, Plan B or No Plan?
I had lectured for several minutes when I stopped and asked a question — do you have a written operational plan to follow for you and your team? I thought I knew the answer based upon my experience in the past.
When I joined my current position, there was no plan to be found so I created one. The results from the group were made loud and clear. The final vote tallied 13 did not have any written plans and two had written plans. No wonder individuals within the group seemed frustrated with their jobs. No one is going to hand them a GPS. They have to establish a master operational plan on their own.
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Duke Haddad, Ed.D., CFRE, is currently associate director of development, director of capital campaigns and director of corporate development for The Salvation Army Indiana Division in Indianapolis. He also serves as president of Duke Haddad and Associates LLC and is a freelance instructor for Nonprofit Web Advisor.
He has been a contributing author to NonProfit PRO since 2008.
He received his doctorate degree from West Virginia University with an emphasis on education administration plus a dissertation on donor characteristics. He received a master’s degree from Marshall University with an emphasis on public administration plus a thesis on annual fund analysis. He secured a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) with an emphasis on marketing/management. He has done post graduate work at the University of Louisville.
Duke has received the Fundraising Executive of the Year Award, from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Indiana Chapter. He also was given the Outstanding West Virginian Award, Kentucky Colonel Award and Sagamore of the Wabash Award from the governors of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, respectively, for his many career contributions in the field of philanthropy. He has maintained a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation for three decades.
