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 compliments my work beautifully.

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

Cover layout - National Yiddish Book Center Marketing Piece

The endowment development project for the National Yiddish Book Center is complete. It primarily entailed three different parts.

1. Reviewing current endowment policies and procedures and recommending changes.
2. Drafting marketing piece and working with staff and design firm (see above and below).
3. Training staff on endowment development (ongoing).

Internal spread - National Yiddish Book Center Marketing Piece

Deborah Polivy and Maxine Stein, Director of Development of the National Yiddish Book Center, described how they completed this endowment development project, including the marketing brochure, in 4 months at the 2009 AFP Rhode Island Chapter Fundraising Day, “They did it. Yes, you can.”  Audiences members described the presentation “as clear and easy to understand.”

Deborah also received rave reviews for a presentation made to Women in Philanthropy of Western Massachusetts.

Evaluations from participants included the following quotes.

“She Rocks.”

“Reinforced things I’ve been doing, and raised some new questions for my Board.”

“She is always great!”