Musings: Essays and Published Articles

We think of the writings in this section as the second edition of our book. It allows us to respond to new issues, opportunities, challenges and technologies as they arise.

Pitching The Powers-That-Be (March 2002)
Just posted: Adam Corson-Finnerty's fall 2001 talk on critical fundraising strategies for academic libraries

Response to September 11 Tragedy:
Articles by Adam Corson-Finnerty

• September 11 Reflections
• Giving from the Heart

Dot.calm (April 2001)

• Part 1

Charity.notcom: A Three Part Series

• Get all three parts

Cybergifts: A Continuing Series
by Adam Corson-Finnerty

• Cybergifts, Parts 1-3
  Donate Now; "Pull"; "Push"
• Cybergifts, Parts 4-6
  Tactics for Membership and Donations; Cybergifts versus Direct Mail; Ideas, Gimmicks, Cows
• Cybergifts, Part 7
  Charitable Pathways
• Cybergifts, Part 8
  Workspace Giving
• Cybergifts, Part 9
  Major Gifts
• Cybergifts, Part 10
  The Well-Tempered Alumni Relations & Development Office

• Part 1: New customers and brand management
• Part 1, sidebar: E-strategy and the digital library

Other Musings

• Goldilocks and the Three Fundraising Bears, by Adam Corson-Finnerty
• E-Fundraising, by Adam Corson-Finnerty
• Dinosaur Development, by Adam Corson-Finnerty
• Library Fundraising on the Web, by Adam Corson-Finnerty
• Myths About the Virtual Library, by Adam Corson-Finnerty
• CLICK2SCAM? What is the nonprofit community doing about cyberfraud? A comment and small resource list, by Laura Blanchard