Brad Manuel

Brad Manuel

Analytics Consultant Grenzebach Glier and Associates
Brad has been a frontline fundraiser, director of research, and grant-maker during his 15 years in the nonprofit space. He currently lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife, Carolyn, and two sons, Sawyer and Holden.

Segmenting Up

GG+A Analytics preaches and practices micro-segmentation.  We deliver 5 different affinity and capacity codes, 66 different PRIZM codes, 20 different [...]

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When A $10M+ Gift Capacity Really Isn’t a $10M+ Gift Capacity

I recently wrote about one of the key deliverables of predictive modeling being a “not likely to give” list.  I [...]

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Who You Cross Off Your List Is Just As Important

I was in a client meeting this week and the Vice President for Advancement said:  “It is hard to explain [...]

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How Much Do You Need to Know to Say Hello?

I have been on both sides of prospect research, doing frontline fundraising for two institutions and running a research department [...]

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Creating A Culture Of Gratitude Among Alumni – Guest Post

This week the DonorScape Blog enjoys a guest post from GG+A Vice President Suzanne Hilser-Wiles.  Suzanne has more than 15 years [...]

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Two Great Charts to Get Started

Most non-profits have done a database screening, or if the organization hasn’t, their staff members have been involved in one.  [...]

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DS Planned Giving Ratings: Age, Real Estate, Gifts, & So Much More

About 10 years ago I attended the national planned giving conference, not as a fundraiser, but as a vendor selling [...]

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Does Affinity Translate?

One of the most difficult decisions a fundraiser has to make is which donor or prospect to focus time.  Time [...]

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Event Fatigue

This past weekend I watched two organizations I support go through the motions of their “annual” events.  As a fundraising [...]

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Data Segmentation and Communication Strategy

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to co-present the monthly GG+A webinar series with two of our communications consultants, [...]

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