{"id":584380,"date":"2016-06-18T16:59:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T20:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=584380"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:07:08","slug":"great-development-team-seth-rosen","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/podcast\/great-development-team-seth-rosen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 14: Building a Great Development Team &#8211; with guest Seth Rosen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>This week I\u2019m so pleased to bring back my fundraising genius and associate, Seth Rosen, to discuss the best way to build a great&nbsp;development team.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are a small shop looking to make your first development hire or a large organization dealing with recruitment and retention of development staff, Seth gives excellent advice on what organizations should look for in a development person and what that person should be looking for from an organization.<\/p>\n<p>Seth lays out the steps for building a happy, productive, and truly great development team. And there\u2019s a little bonus at the end that helps to answer the question, \u201cIs it more important to make your biggest ask or your best ask?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seth has more than a decade of experience raising funds for major nonprofits. Prior to joining my team, he was previously in charge of a $30 million budget at the Gay Men\u2019s Health Crisis. Seth has also worked at Planned Parenthood, Amnesty International, New York Law School, and Malaria No More.<\/p>\n<p>Seth is a joyful and enthusiastic fundraiser who really knows his stuff.<\/p>\n<h2>IN THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Two questions you must answer before making your first development hire<\/li>\n<li>How do you know if you\u2019ve found \u201cthe one\u201d<\/li>\n<li>How to set up your new hire to succeed<\/li>\n<li>Where to find your next development director<\/li>\n<li>What does a great development team look like?<\/li>\n<li>Why all nonprofit leaders need to be active on social media<\/li>\n<li>How to prepare for a development position interview<\/li>\n<li>Preventing turnover in your development department<\/li>\n<li>What is more important: your best ask\u2026 or your biggest?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sethrosen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seth Rosen&#8217;s bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Seth&#8217;s post on <a href=\"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/hire-first-development-director\/\">Hiring Your First Development Staffer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmhc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gay Men&#8217;s Health Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planned Parenthood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyls.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Law School&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Music by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jukeboxtheghost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jukebox the Ghost<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Rosen, my fundraising genius and associate, lays out the steps for building a happy and productive development 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