Article Review: For Academics

There is a strange thing that happens in Academia.  Scholars who get promoted into high enough administrative positions suddenly find themselves with fundraising duties.

Here's a great essay from one such gentleman, David D. Perlmutter, who found himself the Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Iowa, and reflects on how he learned to fundraise.

The title says it all: Don't Fear Fundraising.  

First of all, that's good advice.

But second of all, it speaks to how common a problem that is...fear of fundraising.  That's why this whole blog exists, after all.  There's plenty of technique and skill in development work, but psychological blocks are the biggest roadblock to successful fundraising for so many folks.

Check it out.  Some good first-hand advice.