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Jerold Panas

出生: August 09, 1928 – Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Jerold Panas was an American fundraising consultant and author who wrote influential books on philanthropy, major gifts, and nonprofit leadership. Best known for Asking and Mega Gifts, he helped shape modern development practice through advisory work and widely read guidance for charities, universities, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations.

传记与作者历程

Jerold “Jerry” Panas built his reputation at the intersection of nonprofit leadership, persuasion, and philanthropic psychology. He came from Greek-American roots as the only son of a Greek immigrant father, began college on a pre-med track, and then moved decisively toward organizational leadership instead. By his early twenties he was already serving as a YMCA chief executive, an experience that foreshadowed a career spent in mission-driven institutions. Larger administrative roles followed at the National Council of YMCAs and at Westminster College in Princeton, New Jersey. The decisive turning point came in 1968, when he founded Jerold Panas, Linzy & Partners, the consulting firm that became the main vehicle for his ideas and influence. ((https://instituteforgiving.org/conversations-jerold-panas/))

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名言

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If you were designing a perfect flycatcher, you probably wouldn’t design it to look like a frog
-Born to Raise
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My task was to peel away all the layers and get to the heart of it
-Mega Gifts
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You Won’t Get Milk from a Cow by Sending a Letter
-Asking
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No One Ever Listened Himself out of a Gift
-Asking
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When you throw a pebble into a pond, it causes a ripple effect
-The Ripple Effect
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Donors give to the magic of an idea— to save and change lives
-Donors Give to the Magic of an Idea
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You will be amazed at how much you don’t get if you don’t ask for the gift!
-The Tale of the Marbles
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Better: ready, fire, aim … than ready, aim, aim, aim
-Fundraiser’s Four Riddles
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The case isn’t about leading a horse to water. It’s all about making him thirsty
-Making a Case Your Donors Will Love

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