Denton Davidson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Create online content (written and video), interview film and TV insiders, Hollywood events coverage, awards coverage.https://www.goldderby.com/author/dentondavidson/

Online

I write articles, live blog and conduct interviews with entertainment industry insiders.https://www.goldderby.com/author/dentondavidson/

Saint Paul, Minnesota

• Participate as member of Institutional Advancement leadership team, aiding in divisional strategic planning and management. • Set strategy for Advancement Operations; direct all Operations staff, policies, procedures, and practices. • Lead the existing department functions, ensuring policies, procedures and practices are established and documented. • Database management, including management of advancement database, partnering with Hamline ITS and iModules – as well as managing data entry, enhancement, and integrity for Institutional Advancement. • Gift management, including gift processing, receipting, accounting and reporting, all with auditing best practices in mind; partner closely with Hamline Finance. • Donor relations/stewardship, including managing donor events, acknowledging and reporting to high-level donors, and providing other stewardship touch points. • Prospect development services, including prospect research, prospect management, reporting/analytics and campaign support. • Incorporate a high service orientation into the Operations area, ensuring fully functional back-up capacity is established.• Build departmental expertise, maximizing effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness, accuracy and ROI. • Lead operations staff members, throughout the employee life cycle, including hiring, onboarding, training, goal-setting, managing and recognizing performance, inspiring employee growth, and aiming to retain top talent. • Provide division-wide support technology; Lead technology and systems support for Institutional Advancement, partnering with Hamline ITS; ensure the appropriate training of advancement staff to maximize resource utilization. • Serve on Hamline committees, when needed, representing Institutional Advancement. • Lead database conversion from Banner to Raisers Edge NXT• Volunteered as Campus Colleague mentor for Black Lives Matter first-year student cohort

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage database to ensure integrity and accessibility of information. • Supervise and manage gift processing/acknowledgement and database management staff.• Analyze and report on development efforts, including monthly fundraising progress reports for staff and board. Reconcile cash, pledges, and total production numbers with accounting department on a monthly basis. Ensure effective communication with finance department regarding deposits, pledges, and designations. Oversee daily cash reconciliation and deposit. • Prepare financial and donor reports for the annual audit (Affiliate Financial Report and IRS form 990) as well as other reports needed by the Accounting Department.• Interface with software vendor and PPMNS IT staff regarding software capacity, performance, and upgrades. Define and oversee database maintenance projects. • Provide database training to new development staff and respond to current staff requests for training and assistance. • Oversee Raiser’s Edge policies and procedure manual as well as establish and monitor procedures and quality control measures for gift processing and acknowledgements. • Manage mailing lists and oversee print inventory, ensuring adequate supply of materials for appeals, acknowledgements, and other correspondence. • Provide excellent customer service to all donors, responding to telephone and mail inquiries with accurate and appropriate information about Planned Parenthood and its programs. Provide information and assistance to donors making gifts that require special arrangements, such as stocks, memorial gifts, or those restricted to specific funds.• Assist in the planning, implementation and management of other special projects as requested.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage Raiser’s Edge database of more than 12,000 donors and volunteers• Process and code all gifts and pledges received• Analyze data and purge or edit inaccurate or outdated information• Run queries and produce crystal reports/analysis as needed• Coordinate gift processing with the Finance Department to ensure timely and accurate posting to General Ledger• Create new and update existing donor records in database, and enter all appropriate contact information• Maintain grants calendar and alerts in conjunction with Grants Consultant• Create and manage mailing lists for direct mail and email initiatives such as annual fund mailings and mass emails • Send acknowledgement letters to donors on a weekly basis• Manage donor list and create Annual Report content• Coordinate year-end balances and other audit-related work with Finance Department• Assist in coordination and implementation of special events• Submit weekly Invoice Expense Allocation report to Finance Director for check processing• Organize and maintain grant files and accounts payable files

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage the Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity database of donors, volunteers and prospects• Maintain and cultivate relationships with new and existing donors • Assist in the planning and execution of special events including the Minnesota AIDS Walk• Volunteer team lead for 40 volunteers in the fundraising pavilion at the Minnesota AIDS Walk• Responsible for gift entry and acknowledgement letters of over 10,000 donations annually• Create and analyze financial reports for the Board of Directors and staff• Update and maintain the Minnesota AIDS Walk website• Create mailing lists for all bulk mail solicitation or marketing• Receive, review and distribute daily mail to appropriate recipient• Perform supply orders for office when needed

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Promoted from Universal Banker at US Bank Main to Personal Banker at IDS• Experience as a teller and banker for individuals and small businesses• Lead Personal/Small Business Banker at IDS in 2007• Earned incentive as a UB and PB each quarter I worked for US Bank• Generated daily goal reports for our branch at IDS• Maintained successful relationships with business and individual customers• Coached customers on how to successfully track their finances and manage their checking accounts• Awarded the Star of Excellence Award

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication, General

Activities and Societies: Track & Field; Student Newspaper

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Track & Field; Cross Country; Band; National Honor Society.