Fundraising the Dead

I couldn't help but think while reading Fundraising the Dead, that Sheila Connolly Nell Pratt was finally receiving her chance to "shine" and explain her hard work to a a captive audience. Development staff, along with other administrative offices are the stage crew for the performance that is non profits, and in this case the Philadelphia Antiquarian Society.  As a development employee myself, I've learned that one really needs to be passionate about what they are raising support for in order to be successful.  And organization and quick thinking skills do not hurt either.  Nell Pratt's narrative is a guided tour of her detail-oriented, never fail thought process, which she uses to manage staff and donors and also piece together a murder mystery.