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More than a year after celebrating a record breaking eight-year capital campaign, Tiedemann and the University Development Office (UDO) he represents continue fundraising efforts and boast a 34 percent increase over last year in its University-wide fundraising total over the past five months...
Despite concern that giving would lag after the campaign, the UDO is on track to raise money for a number of new University-wide initiatives and specific growth within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). The office stayed its course through clearly defined goals and targeted donor appeals...
...UDO] did not staff up for the campaign, so there has been no major turnover. One of the biggest differences is that we don't speak in terms of a number goal. The sense of urgency is gone," Tiedemann says. "It's definitely much more difficult to raise money in a non campaign environment. In the campaign, there is an umbrella articulation of mission and purpose. There is a deadline...
...according to Tiedemann, consistency in the UDO staff, who often form close relationships with the donors, and a strong economy mitigate this difficulty, which is good news for many deans who are counting on continued high gift levels to support ambitious expansion...
...UDO is currently working on post-campaign planning...