THE AUTHORS

Matthew Beem is the Chairman and CEO of Kinetic, a Kansas City-based global fundraising consulting firm. He serves on the board of the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy in Plymouth, United Kingdom. He is an adjunct organizational behavior instructor in the Henry W. Bloch School of Management and a senior fellow of UMKC's Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership. Matt is a featured speaker and the author of Performance-Driven Fundraising: Taking Control of Your Success. He holds a Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Philosophy from UMKC's Bloch School of Management.

Karin Cox, MFA, is the President of Kinetic, a full-service, global fundraising consulting company. Karin has served in senior leadership roles in nonprofit and business sectors. She is a frequent speaker at national conferences and the author of Fundraising Leadership: The Essential Guide for Nonprofit Board Members Who Want to Make a Lasting Difference. Karin has helped Kinetic clients raise hundreds of millions of dollars through customized, research-based counsel and guidance. She also developed the widely adopted fundraising events grid, used to ensure the success of all fundraising events.

Robert F. Hartsook, JD, EdD, is an American fundraising executive and philanthropist. Founder and chairman emeritus of global fundraising counsel Hartsook, he is also the founder of Hartsook Institutes for Fundraising, an organization focused on growing the academic study of fundraising. During his ...

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