 “Everything
went exceptionally well on Sunday! Our intent was to indicate
that we were not asking more of others than we would ask of
ourselves and to set the bar high for future gifts. It worked
because between services we received more pledges (unsolicited)
which we announced at the 11:00 am service. In total, we
raised/announced $105,400 in pledges from 6 people -1 @ $30,000,
1 @ $25,000, 3 @ $15,000 and 1 @ $5,400. It was a good thing we
came prepared with pledge forms. Thank you for your counsel!”
Ms. Connie Walker and Deacon Willis White
Allen Temple Baptist Church Family Life Center Campus Capital
Campaign Co-Chairs |
 “Thank
you for conducting such a meaningful workshop for the National
HERC Advisory Board. It was a complete pleasure to have you
there and I was very impressed with the information you
presented and the way you presented it. You two are quite an
amazing duo.”
Nancy Aebersold, Director
The National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium |
"Saad & Shaw are an amazing team to work
with! They truly have become a part of our campaign and are
available whenever we need them. Their ideas are fresh and fabulous
and are very easy to implement into our plan. Saad & Shaw are the
success of our campaign!"
Ms. Gurdeep Sihota, Director of College
Activities
Fresno City College
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"Saad & Shaw
represent focused excellence. They are skilled campaign management
fund development professionals who helped Fresno City College raise
more than 100% of our internal campaign goal. It is a pleasure to
work with professionals I trust."
Dr. Ned Doffoney, President
Fresno City College |
"Saad & Shaw are an exciting and dynamic pair of
speakers. They know the business of fundraising and they make it
come alive for those who are most experienced and those who are new
to the business. With humor and grace they bring all in attendance
into the learning experience. They certainly do put the fun
in FUNdraising."
Leyna
Bernstein, Program
Director
Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit
Leadership |
“Saad & Shaw exceeded
my expectations when they facilitated the retreat for our board of
directors. Our Board members are now more committed, more engaged,
and more energized than ever before. Mel and Pearl helped
set in motion the resolve to help bring our capital campaign to a
spectacular close. Their presentation was the catalyst for
establishing a development committee for the board as an obvious
next step and everyone bought into it.”
Ms. Cheryl Hitchcock, Vice President
Institutional Advancement
Morgan State University
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“We
have unique challenges, and Saad & Shaw helps us craft unique
solutions. They’re devising strategies to maximize the potential of
both our nonprofit services and social purpose businesses. Pearl and
Mel Shaw push us to a higher standard. They can be relentless
taskmasters, but they’re also a lot of fun to work
with.”
Rick Aubry, Ph.D., Executive Director
Rubicon
Programs Inc.
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"Saad
& Shaw set the tone for our conference when they opened THE
GATHERING with a seminar on Boards and Fundraising. Their training
was the highpoint. The Chancellor of the University was pleased. Our
trustees were pleased. Attending fundraising professionals were
impressed. Their session received the highest marks. We will
definitely have them back in 2007."
David Hoard, Vice
Chancellor - Development & University Relations
North Carolina
A&T
State
University
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“We have found Mel and Pearl
of Saad & Shaw to invaluable to the growth of
our organization. They understand the industry, industry players and
most of all the potential donor partners. Our organization was able
to adopt many of their recommendations and that has made a
tremendous difference in how we are perceived and received. We are fortunate to have Saad
&Shaw as partners with the Bay Area Black United
Fund."
LJ Jennings, CEO Jetstream Mortgage
Company, Chairman of the Board, Bay Area Black United
Fund |
"Thanks to your Fundraising Assessment and
Feasibility Study – and the workbook you prepared – our board
members are energized and engaged. They committed to bringing on new
members, creating the fundraising advisory committee within the next
6 weeks and revising the agency’s mission. Board members took on individual tasks and will report back
to the board by our next meeting! The workbook was helpful in
focusing the meeting and the board. We’re on a roll. "
Cheryl
Franklin-Golden, Executive Director
SafeQuest
Solano
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“A consulting firm
designed our capital campaign, but it was literally dying until we
hired Mel Shaw. He refocused our efforts and got our key
community stakeholders involved and energized. The result? Not only
did we reach our $5 million campaign goal, we exceeded
it!”
Cherlyn L. Spencer, Executive
Director
Alameda County Health Care
Foundation |
“After we adopted a new strategic plan and embraced a more
aggressive fundraising style, Pearl helped successfully reposition
us with major national funders. The result? Over $1 million in
grants to build the capacity of Women and Girls’ Foundations across
the country.”
Christine Grumm,
President and CEO
The Women’s Funding
Network
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“Mel made it happen at UNCF, designing
successful fundraising campaigns that targeted African-American
donors. He created the Lou Rawls Annual Telethon and the Bryant
Gumbel Golf Tournament. He also set up profitable cause marketing
partnerships with American Airlines, Budweiser, Disney World,
General Motors and McDonalds.”
Jim Alston, Senior Vice
President
United Negro College Fund
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