Int’l Research Blog

Eight Great International Research Resources for 2019

By Sabine Schuller Can you believe it’s the end of the year?  Here are eight resources that caught my attention in 2018.

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Dates and International Research: Surprisingly Complex

By Sabine Schuller “I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.” – Marilyn Monroe
Using your very creative imagination, picture yourself in 2003 finding an article about a prospect who’s not from your home…

Are You Ready For the Information that Lies Beneath?

By Sabine Schuller As donor researchers, we pride ourselves on finding accurate information so our fundraising team successfully connects with supporters. Our eyebrows rise when we see an inflammatory headline followed by questionable content.

Comparison of 4 Global Wealth and Philanthropy Reports

By Sabine Schuller You can’t lose. Everywhere on the planet, someone is generously lending a hand to their neighbor. Philanthropy can be time, talent, or treasure – it can be 5 rupees or US$5,000,000. There…

Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy

By Sabine Schuller You glance up from your work and then take a deep breath as a colleague walks towards your desk. You see the look in their eyes that telegraphs,“Have I a research challenge…

10 Steps to Deliver on International Prospecting

By Jason J. Briggs International prospect research is commonly considered high risk in the sense that it often fails to bring satisfying results and takes considerably more resources. Therefore, there is extra emphasis for research…

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – I Have Research!

By Sabine Schuller As you walk into the conference room, you see a map of Argentina on the wall and Spanish words on the whiteboard. No surprise there – you’ve been asked to brainstorm approaches…

International Research is a big space! Here’s an approach.

By Sabine Schuller International. Mondial. Global. Weltweit. 全球. What do we mean when we say that? More often than not, the frame of reference is someone’s home country as the center. Everything outside the borders…