Favorite Listservs

Listservs are a valuable way to ask as question, find out about other resources and hold discussions with colleagues about current practices in your field.

Listservs, along with other public forums and discussion groups not only provide valuable sources of information but as a contributor they also give you a place to actively promote your institution, your programs and your ideas.

Also good for new entrants to the field of advancement and development to learn about the profession from peers.

Got listservs? Let us know of any you would like added to this page.

ABA-PTL
Estate planning and estate administration issues.

ACASA
Canadian Association of Advancement Services Administrators. Good for discussion of advancement services and related issues in the Canadian context, but there will also be a good number of responses to other development and advancement questions posted to the list. Related site also includes a number of resources for download and viewing.

AFP Discussions
AFP provides some free newsletters and some members-only discussions.

AGPN
The Annual Giving Professionals Network (AGPN)! A group of exceptional helpful and supporting individuals that is a CASE District VII Community of Practice. This is the group that holds the annual Meeting of the Minds conference which includes an advancement services track.

AHP Members
Association for Healthcare Philanthropy moderated Yahoo Group. Messages are sent to ahpmember@yahoo.com.

ARNOVA-L
The Nonprofit Organization, Voluntary Action and Philanthropy Discussion List. Founded in 1971 as the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is a neutral, open forum committed to strengthening the research community in the emerging field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies.

CANADA-PRSPCT-L
Yahoo Groups electronic mail list provided as a forum for discussion of prospect research issues.

CASE
Extensive and industry recognized listservs. High volume and in-depth expertise. Everything from fundraising to communications to advancement services to events and more. Page includes links to other listservs.

CFRESEARCH
Focuses on corporate and foundation prospect research. Discussions are wide-ranging and tend to come from the perspective of prospect researchers, although proposal writers and corporate and foundation fundraisers are welcome. Topics include: differences between researching individuals and organizations, ethics in research, proposal writing, finding corporate and foundation funding, etc.

CFRNET
Building partnerships between educational institutions and corporations and foundations. Discussions include solicitation strategies, stewardship programs, proposal writing, prospect tracking, working with faculty, coordinating with other administrative units, gift-in-kind programs, corporate giving, issues related to student recruitment by companies, and professional development.

CharityChannel
Wide variety of forums covering everything from annual fund to other aspects of development. Targeted more to the non-profit space. CharityChannel Hosts over 200 public and private email-based discussion lists. Forums are available for a modest fee.

Chronicle of Philanthropy
Discussion forums from job markets to volunteerism. Low volume but occasionally some interesting posts.

Discuss-Kintera
Listserv for discussion of Kintera Sphere products. Subscribe, and start the dialog.

EDEVENTS
Listserv for event planners.

EDUCAUSE
Technology discussion lists on a wide variety of topics focused on higher education issues. Discussions and meeting minutes are archived and fully searchable, and subscribers are invited to share useful resources for posting on the group's Web page.

ERECS-L
Management and preservation of electronic records listserv operated jointly by the Electronics Records Section and SUNY at Albany. Has been operating since 1994 and currently has over 1,000 members.

FUNDCAN
Exchange of ideas on Canadian fund raising issues and ideas.

FUNDLIST
FundList has existed since the 1990s for discussions of fundraising issues. Lots of samples exchanged through this list. Majority of participants are practitioners within annual fund. You may find yourself having occasional difficulties in subscribing to the list and getting help on your subscription requests from the list moderator.

FUNDSVCS
Advancement services and related issues. One of the best forums for discussion of IRS and tax issues related to giving. Wealth of knowledge through the many participants. Extensive listserv archives. Related site also includes download area.

GIFT-PL
National Committee on Planned Giving members-only discussion list for all issues and queries related to gift planning.

ICOM
International Council of Museums page with lists for museums.

PLANNEDGIVING
Yahoo Groups open list for discussion of gift planning topics.

Prospect-DMM
For development professionals involved or interested in data mining and modeling, particularly as such concepts may be applied to major gifts. Discussions include, but are not limited to, areas such as data preparation and understanding, model design and implementation, and measuring the results of a predictive model.

Prospect-Research UK
Yahoo group open to all researchers in development and fundraising but focused on those working in the United Kingdom. Good place to post specific research questions on UK resources and related aspects of prospect research.

PRSPCT-L
An electronic mail list provided as a forum for discussion of prospect research issues. In fact, the number one place to discuss all aspects of prospect research. Highly active list with large subscription base.

RECMGMT-L
Records management program listserv. Very active with a lot of valuable information about all aspects of records management.

UWEBD
For college and university webmasters. Good discussions of many aspects of the Internet and web sites. Very active list with many subscribers. Useful to monitor to help understand new technology developments, strategies, and links to web sites where these are used. Uwebd blog. Uwebd web site. Ning uwebd site.

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Email Subscriptions
Sign up for email newsletters to areas of topical interest.

Like Minded
Links to sites with similar or related information or resources generally related to development and advancement.

Other General Resources:

CataList
     List of listservs.
Educational Listservs
    Links to education related listservs.
Tile.net
     Reference guide to Internet
     discussions and email lists.