Deborah Kaplan Polivy, Ph.D.

I loved having the opportunity to work with you on this wonderful and exciting project. Your insight, wisdom and experience are a tremendous asset and compliment my work beautifully.

— Maxine Stein, Director of Development, National Yiddish Book Center

Read Deborah’s newest article printed on July 23, 2015 in eJewish Philanthropy:

Approval of the budget is often a rote exercise of whatever is produced by staff and/or a finance or executive committee without much explanation or input by the board…Read more

Deborah will be interviewed by the folks at Cause Planet on May 28.

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• “Pyramid or Cycle: What I Might Have Done,” Planned Giving Today, forthcoming, February, 2015.
• The “Ask” – A “How To” Prepare and Succeed in a Personal Solicitation for a Gift, a workshop for the  Community Foundation for Greater New Haven on April 22, 2015.
• “The Donor Pyramid vs the Donor Lifecycle Map: Which Makes Most Sense for Fund Development,” to be presented at the North American Jewish Day School Conference, Philadelphia, March 8, 2015 and the Planned Giving Group of New England all day annual meeting, Boston, May 6, 2015.

Deborah will lead two workshops for NeighborWorks America: “Underdeveloped: Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising” October 27 in Sacramento, California and “The Role of the Executive Director in Creating a Culture of Philanthropy” on December 10 in Washington, D.C.

Polivy’s article “How Do You Measure Development Success?” appears in eJewish Philanthropy

This article about fundraising proposes a different measure of success or really a combination of them that when adopted will result in substantive development strategic planning. Continue reading…

Deborah just returned from Israel where she spoke about her new book at a conference in Jerusalem, “Sharing Your Mission: Partnership for Change,” hosted by On-Track Consulting and BDO, an international accounting and consulting firm. She also conducted a seminar at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Beersheba) for the graduate students and alumni of the Social Leadership Program in the School of Business as well as masters’ students in the Nonprofit Management & Leadership Program at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Deborah enjoys a conversation with Professor Oded Lowengart, Dean, Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba.

Polivy spoke for NeighborWorks America in New Orleans, April 23, 2014 and made a presentation at State Street Global Advisors Annual Gift Planning Conference, April 29, 2014

On June 3, 2014, Deborah appeared on a live discussion on donor retention called “Advice for Building Donor Loyalty”. The webinar was A Chronicle of Philanthropy Live Discussion hosted by Idit Knaan.

Deborah Kaplan Polivy presented at the Annual Gift Planning Conference of State Street Global Advisors on April 29, 2014. The title of her presentation was “A New Way to Think About Gift Planning: The Intersection of the Donor Lifecycle Map and Cultivation Tools.”

“Underdeveloped: Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising,” NeighborWorks America Training Institute, Los Angeles, California, 2/26/2014.

“A New Way to Think About Gift Planning: The Intersection of the Donor Lifecycle Map and Cultivation Tools,” State Street Global Advisors Charitable Asset Management Gift Planning Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 29, 2014.

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The Nonprofit Coach Radio Show features the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking. Host Ted Hart and his guests help you maneuver through this economic downturn in the charitable sector to greater levels of efficiency and fundraising success.

You can tune in on November 26 for guest expert Deborah Kaplan Polivy who will discuss her new book, Donor Cultivation and the Donor Lifecycle Map:  A New Framework for Fundraising, as well as other topics pertaining to fund raising, development, and board management.

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