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Performance Management: Moving Beyond Moves Management . CCAE 2009 “Hidden Treasures” June 7, 2009 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Roger Trull , Vice President, University Advancement, McMaster University Nicole Nakoneshny , Senior Consultant, KCI Philanthropy
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Performance Management: Moving Beyond Moves Management CCAE 2009 “Hidden Treasures” June 7, 2009 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Roger Trull, Vice President, University Advancement, McMaster University Nicole Nakoneshny, Senior Consultant, KCI Philanthropy John McKay, Director, Advancement Services, McMaster University Cathy Collins, Associate Director, Research, McMaster University Paul Grossman, Associate Director, Gift Planning, McMaster University
Agenda • Why performance metrics - Roger • KCI methodology – Nicole • McMaster’s experience implementing the program - John • A managers perspective - Paul • Next steps – Cathy • Other examples - Nicole
Why Performance Metrics? • $ 400 M Capital Campaign • Broadening our base of support • Addition of International Advancement Team • Communications amongst a larger team • Accountability – good business practice • Needed to accommodate wide variety of stakeholders .. Staff themselves, supervisors, board, cabinet volunteers, internal university audiences
Our Vision • First and foremost, system driven • Transparency • Ease of use – everyone should be able to run their own reports • Accommodate need for both “the big picture” and detailed reporting
KCI’s Methodology • Project undertaken in 2006 • Research • Survey of peer institutions in Canada • Examination of McMaster’s current program • Develop program incorporating best practices and fulfilling McMaster’s objectives
KCI’s Survey Findings • 5 peer Canadian institutions • Universities and hospital foundations • Results demonstrated that performance targets important management tools and use increasing • As opposed to US, practice was still in its infancy in Canada • Number of best practices identified • Include numerous performance metrics • Built in flexibility • Include rewards • Management, coaching and mentoring crucial to success
McMaster’s Starting Point • Many strengths • Comfort level with performance targets • Strong visit culture • Teamwork highly valued • Strong support from Research Department • A number of challenges • Quality of personal visits • Definition of roles and expectations • Quality of prospects • Urgency around closing gifts • Single performance metric
Guiding Principles Ultimate goal is to Maximize dollars raised Activities lead to results What gets measured, gets done The program must be comprehensive, but not cumbersome
Recommendations • Roles and definitions • Management, coaching and mentoring • Responsibility, accountability and rewards • Fundraising support • Work environment
Our objectives • System driven (not Advance specific) • Easy • Accommodate need for both “the big picture” and detailed reporting
Inputs • Web contact report • Proposal • Integrity report
Outputs • Universal report • Goals report
Goals Report Other detail reports resulted from this; Financial Achievement detail Decisions Pending detail etc For a managers perspective (over to Paul)
Reports as Management ToolsUniversal Report and Goals Report • Informed by annual goals • Frequency of use with team members – weekly • Encourages regular updating of prospect information as well as comfort with reports themselves • Speaks to both current and future giving • Reports evolve over the course of the year as prospects are brought through different stages of donor cycle
1. Universal Report • Prioritization of prospects • Top 30 prospects • Prospect strategies • Timing
2. Goals Report • Financial achievement to date against goal • Assessing activities • Visits • Solicitations • Portfolio analysis • Overall size • Balance of prospect in different stages of donor cycle
Visits and Dec Pending Need to be able to see the whole development team - for an individual, would use Performance Management Report, but wanted to see the bigger picture of what the entire team had upcoming Wanted to see a little more detail - 3 month plan going forward, as opposed to PMR which looked backward
Stage Aging Report Summary Report for each fundraising staff person Shows all prospects by stage code Ex. 0 – Assigned, not yet contacted ID, Name, Stage, # of days in Stage, # of days assigned
Pipeline Report Looking forward on a macro basis, is there sufficient activity in progress to ensure campaign success
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