This book is intended to highlight some of the implications of such changes for advancement practice on the threshold of the century's third decade.

Facing challenges and changes in the twenty-first century, universities are giving increased emphasis to institutional advancement, encompassing constituent engagement, communications and marketing, and fundraising. This book highlights the implications of change and best practices and innovations in advancement. It addresses such questions as: "What is working now?" "Where are we going?" "What will the future of advancement look like? The book's twenty chapters, written by leading experts in the field, describe ways in which traditional methods must be adapted to the new environment and highlight new strategies that are growing in importance." This book is focused on higher education and institutions in the United States but many of the topics it considers are important to independent schools and other types of institutions and to the practice of advancement around the world.

Michael Worth and Matthew Lambert represent the best in both long-term advancement leadership and the exciting new generation of leaders now making their mark on philanthropy. In this book, they have assembled a "who's who" of higher education advancement professionals, sharing their years of wisdom, new fundraising ideas and best practices.