Development Directions

August 2024 Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2024-08-15T17:11:59+00:00

HOW WILL 2024-25 BE DIFFERENT IN YOUR CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND/OR PARISH? One of the greatest joys in this business of consulting with Catholic schools, parishes, and (arch)dioceses is meeting the many different people who make up the leadership of our Catholic institutions – (arch)bishops, pastors, superintendents, principals, presidents, development and advancement...

July 2024 Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2024-07-18T18:35:42+00:00

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AND VISION ARTICULATION:WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR! (NOTE: This newsletter was first published at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. Because of its popularity, ISPD always makes it available every year during the summer). All across the country next month, the...

June 2024 Newsletter – Part II

Frank Donaldson2024-06-11T16:28:39+00:00

Announcing Our Inaugural Class: ISPD Circle of Catholic Champions (Part II)

In celebration of our 35th anniversary in June 2024, ISPD is announcing our first Circle of Catholic Champions. This is a combination of individual Catholic leaders, parishes, schools, and (arch)dioceses that ISPD has worked with in the past 35...

Special Edition Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2024-06-03T15:57:53+00:00

ISPD Celebrates 35th Anniversary Year

by Frank Donaldson

(Editor’s Note: This Special Edition newsletter is about the early history of ISPD, and the people and the events that made it happen. I will admit from the beginning that not everyone who receives information from ISPD is going to...

May 2024 Newsletter – Part I

Frank Donaldson2024-05-14T18:55:20+00:00

Announcing Our Inaugural Class: ISPD Circle of Catholic Champions (Part I)

In celebration of our 35th anniversary in June 2024, ISPD is announcing our first Circle of Catholic Champions. This is a combination of individual Catholic leaders, parishes, schools, and (arch)dioceses that ISPD has worked with in the past 35...

April 2024 Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2024-04-22T18:34:37+00:00

“Two Important Ingredients for 2024-2025: "PD" and "SGP"

Professional Development and Strategic Growth Plan. In the battle today for individual sanity and institutional survival, these two ingredients rise to the top as we begin to put the “wrap” on the 2023-24 fiscal year. Professional Development First, let me get my bias...

February 2024 Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2024-02-14T18:53:01+00:00

“GET BUSY LIVING OR GET BUSY DYING.”

This is the famous quote that Andy Dufresne says to Red in the movie Shawshank Redemption. The message is clear: life can be spent going through the motions and waiting around for something to happen (reactive), or life can be spent making...

January 2024 Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2024-01-04T16:07:13+00:00

ISPD'S CATHOLIC DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR

Happy New Year! We hope the Christmas Holidays were a wonderful and blessed time for you and your family to grow closer, share stories, worship together, and get that well deserved “down time” that all of us need in order to...

December 2023 Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2023-12-04T21:22:12+00:00

REFOCUSING OUR GAZE: RELEVANT POST-PANDEMIC MACRO CONSIDERATIONS FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOL LEADERS WITHIN THE OPERATIONAL VITALITY DOMAIN.

Hands-on the wheel with an intentional gaze forward, we briefly look into the rearview mirror and see remnants of the Cares Act of 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program 1 and 2, PPP Loan...

November 2023 Newsletter

Frank Donaldson2023-11-03T16:17:06+00:00

Don’t Let Giving Tuesday Pass You By!

It’s the most wonderful (and busiest) time of the year! For school administrators, the final two months of the calendar year can be the most hectic – between the end of fall sports, the start of winter sports, parent-teacher conferences, annual fund...