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Development Directions

ISPD’s team writes a monthly newsletter on advancement, enrollment management, and strategic planning in Catholic schools and parishes.

Best Wisdom and Practices for Catholic Schools/Parishes

In a continuing effort to seek the best wisdom, the best practices, and best understand the situation we all are facing during these challenging times, ISPD has created our second survey, and we invite your input. Please know that the results of these surveys are being shared with hundreds of Catholic school, parish, and diocesan leaders throughout the country. Please e-mail catholicdev@ispdconsulting.com in order to receive the results from Survey #1 conducted on March 13th and also to receive the results of this survey. Thank you! Begin Survey On Monday March 30, 2020 at 1 PM CENTRAL TIME,...

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How Catholic Communities Grow with ISPD

Ten outcomes our partners achieve

Your Mission Stays at the Center.

Working exclusively with Catholic schools, parishes, and (arch)dioceses means you never have to retrofit secular fundraising to a Catholic community. Our associates bring 300+ years of combined experience in Catholic development and leadership.

Your Mission Drives Decisions.

Through consulting, coaching, and educating, we bring people, process, and ministry together to help build the Kingdom of God — and build the structures that make it operational in your budget, calendar, and staffing.

Belonging Leads to Believing.

We show you how to engage parishioners, parents, alumni, past parents, grandparents, and your entire community in the mission, so that when the invitation to consider a gift comes, it lands on a relationship already formed.

You Inherit 37+ Years of Lessons.

Hundreds of successful partnerships nationwide mean your community is never the test case. You begin where others finished as ISPD shares best practices from many.

You Hear What Your People Actually Think.

An outside voice surfaces what internal politics keeps buried. Our confidential interview and study processes give leadership an honest picture before major decisions — and before money is spent.

The Process Fits Your Calendar.

On-site, online, and hybrid delivery across Assessment, Strategic Planning, Enrollment Management, Feasibility Study, Capital Campaign, Annual Fund, and Total Stewardship.

Your Staff's Capacity Grows.

Our regional summits, workshops, presentations, and publications build skill that stays in your building long after the engagement ends. Coupled with the ISPD Compass (your AI Companion), your advancement efforts are set for many years.

Your Leaders Earn Academic Credit.

Through the University of Dayton’s Institute for Pastoral Initiatives, ISPD teaches for-credit courses each semester — professional formation your people can carry with them. Catholic school and parish development/advancement/enrollment management/stewardship course.

More of Every Dollar Stays in Ministry.

Our consulting processes, personalized coaching, online courses, summits, and conferences are priced for Catholic budgets, so results are not consumed by the cost of achieving them.

Your Community Raises its Own Expectations.

We encourage, motivate, and guide Catholic clients to move “beyond mediocrity” — a shift in expectation that outlives the initiative that prompted it.

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