Title: Hiring, Retaining, and (re)Training Fundraising Staff
Presenter: Sidney C. Freitag-Fey, MA, CFRE, Chief Development Officer, Delta Institute

The fundraising sector–like so many–has been buffeted by substantial change over the past four years. Many practices, approaches, and engagement methods no longer net the same return on investment as they did a decade ago, and a new generation of fundraisers are entering the field in the COVID-19 era. Compounding these realities, fundraiser staff turnover remains stubbornly high within the sector, resulting in unexpected and unbudgeted costs that can stymie an organization’s forward progress. These are some of the many considerations that nonprofit executives, Boards, current fundraising staff, and persons tasked with hiring, retention, and capacity building functions need to keep in mind.