 Brian
Dowling has invested more than 19 years working in Advancement and
Development Services managing systems, gift processing, records, web
sites, research, and operations.
Brian joined the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation in 2008 as Senior
Vice President for Finance and Information Systems and is responsible for deploying creative
information technology solutions to help the Foundation achieve its
fundraising and engagement goals.
Brian worked previously at the University of Michigan and was
responsible for managing the technological infrastructure, gift
processing and records administration for the Office of University
Development in support of a $3.1 billion campaign. The database
contained over 1,000,000 entities and average revenue was $250-$370
million representing approximately 184,000 gift transactions.
Prior to that, Brian worked at The University of Toronto. The
university’s $1 billion campaign was Canada’s largest and most
successful philanthropic effort in higher education. The database of
over 700,000 entities supported a large scale advancement operation.
Brian has also worked at a number of institutions in both the United
States and Canada, where he gained understanding, knowledge and
perspectives of managing in small, medium and large shops. This
experience included multiple system conversions, web site
development, budgetary and financial responsibilities, operations
management and more. He has consulted in the United States, Canada
and Australia, written numerous articles and presents regularly at
conferences.
 He
invests his spare time in SupportingAdvancement.Com and is an
amateur musician.
Data Analytics and Reporting. Presentation -
Building Your Data Warehouse - Session 1. Associated
Podcast.
Data Analytics and Reporting. Presentation -
Building Your Data Warehouse - Session 2. Associated
Podcast.
Data Warehouse -
Driving Performance With Information.
Employment.
Strategies to help you manage your professional development.
Effective Technology Planning.
Matching
Gifts Survey 2006.
Results.
Print version.
Co-contributor
Amy Phillips.
Matching
Gifts Survey 2007.
Results.
Presentation of the results of the survey.
Co-contributor
Amy Phillips.
Matching
Gifts Survey 2008.
Results.
Podcast
with Brian Dowling and Amy Phillips.
Co-contributor
Amy Phillips.
Matching
Gifts Survey 2009.
Results.
Co-contributor
Amy Phillips.
Matching
Gifts Survey 2010.
Collecting Responses.
Print Version. Co-contributor
Amy Phillips.
More With Less.
Resources.
Presentation on resources to help you with your career.
SWOT analysis.
More With Less. What are some strategies to help in
selling your budget?
Potpourri.
Customer Service.
Presentation on delivering memorable customer service experiences.
Potpourri.
Rankings Up and Down.
Comments on rankings.
Potpourri.
Listserv Etiquette.
It
is important to observe guidelines to keep everyone productive on
listservs.
Potpourri.
Resources.
Presentation on some resources that are available to help you with
your career.
Potpourri.
The Devil is in the Details. (Customer Service.)
Potpourri.
Tomorrow Made Possible.
Presentation and
podcast on what we need to do in advancement and development
services to meet the future needs of our organizations.
Potpourri.
Vocation = Avocation.
General thoughts, musings and other
information on advancement services.
Predicting the future.
iPhone Applications for Non Profits.
Records.
Community
Outreach and Other Hidden Data Gems.
Ideas for building your database.
Records.
Creative Information Strategies.
Presentation on creative information acquisition strategies.
Podcast.
Records. Electronic
Content Management Systems (ECM). Some considerations on
implementing ECM.
Reports and Reporting.
Concepts of Information Leverage.
Reports and Reporting.
Survey on Report Writing.
Reports and Reporting.
Understanding Reporting. Understanding
advancement/development reporting.
Podcast.
Systems.
Folder
Structures.
Good folder structure design is critical to helping you with your
productivity.
(Video)
Systems.
Information Systems and Data Management Practices Advisory Group.
Systems.
Site
Visit Checklist. Site visits are
an important component of a system replacement project. The
checklist can be used to help structure these visits so time is
productive.
Web Sightings.
Annual
Report.
Good example of
online annual report. (Video)
Web Sightings.
Augmented Reality.
What is an example of
augmented reality, and how might this apply to fundraising? (Video)
Web Sightings.
Challenge.
Good example of a challenge gift at Michigan State University. (Video)
Web Sightings.
Climbing for Prostate.
Discussion of 3rd party events and web site for a mountain climbing
theme. (Video)
Web Sightings.
Developing and Implementing an E-Philanthropy Strategy.
Web Sightings.
I
Am Fresno State. Good example of integration of various social media
sites and internal site. (Video)
Web Sightings.
Improving ePhilanthropy.
Presentation
on how to implement a plan and integrate best practices into your
philanthropy strategy.
Class exercise used in presentation
for critiquing an ePhilanthropy plan.
Web Sightings.
Internet
Strategy.
Podcast on creating a comprehensive Internet strategy.
Web Sightings.
Micro Sites and Campaigns.
Example of using a micro site for targeted annual giving.
(Video)
Web Sightings.
Philanthropy Timeline. Why it's a good addition to your web
site. (Video)
Web Sightings.
Rating Your Web Presence. Comprehensive
checklist for rating your ePhilanthropy presence.
Web Sightings.
Save
Our Scholarships.
The Save Our Scholarships campaign from
Eastern Washington University. (Video)
Web Sightings.
Search Engine
Wars.
Brief overview discussion on how various search engines perform.
(Video)
Web Sightings.
Social Networking.
Presentation and
podcast on ways of doing Social Networking and Media
Sharing.
Web Sightings.
Using New Web Technologies.
Using web technologies for both internal and
external purposes.
Podcast.
Web Sightings.
Web 2.0, 3.0 and Beyond.
Presentation
and
podcast with examples of what organizations are doing in the
web 2.3, 3.0 and beyond environment.
Web Sightings. Presentation on
Web 2.0, 3.0 and Social Networking.
Web Sightings.
Web Responsibilities.
Presentation on what you need to be responsible for knowing and
doing on the web.
Web Sightings.
What are you doing with Web 2.0 Survey.
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