What We Can Learn About Fundraising From a College Tour With My Teen
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Recently I spent a week on a college tour with one of my 16-year-olds, where we looked at schools in the New York and Boston areas. I thought that we’d mostly learn about the schools by being introduced to their facilities, programs, and environments, but it turned out I might have been missing the point. The insight and learning — and decision on applying or not — came from the interactions with the students. I don’t mean individual interactions about our particular questions and needs, but rather how the tour guides (all students) interacted with us as a group.
What We Can Learn About Fundraising From a College Tour With My Teen
What We Can Learn About Fundraising From a…
What We Can Learn About Fundraising From a College Tour With My Teen
Recently I spent a week on a college tour with one of my 16-year-olds, where we looked at schools in the New York and Boston areas. I thought that we’d mostly learn about the schools by being introduced to their facilities, programs, and environments, but it turned out I might have been missing the point. The insight and learning — and decision on applying or not — came from the interactions with the students. I don’t mean individual interactions about our particular questions and needs, but rather how the tour guides (all students) interacted with us as a group.