Terry Boynton

About Terry Boynton

A fundraising professional with 20+ years of experience leading annual giving, alumni…

Experience

1. Donor Relations Specialist

   College Of Central Florida

   Aug 2023 — Present · Ocala, FL, US

   Refreshing the stewardship plan. Prepare personalized donor thank-you letters for leadership staff.Draft annual giving fundraising appeals.Leverage Kindsight Engage and Iwave to improve donor stewardship. Create and analyze Raiser’s Edge queries and reports to track giving patterns and summarize donor information for leadership staff.Identify donor prospects and prepare donor profiles for leadership staff. Identify potential donors to add to planned giving, annual giving, and alumni segmented lists.Produce thank-you videos using the Gratavid platform, achieving mass email open rates ranging from 43–56%.Proposed adding happy birthday emails to alumni that are achieving average open rates of 35–54%.Create and update SOPs. Improved STEPS to CF scholarship workflow process to be awarded to selected 5th graders at all elementary schools in Marion, Citrus and Levy County - more than 100 student scholarships awarded in a very tight deadline turaround. Send thank you letters from students attending CF to the donors who endowed their scholarship. Assist with Foundation events as needed.

Education

• University of Florida

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Skills

• Fundraising Communications
• Donor Retention
• Customer Service
• Donor-Centered Fundraising
• Telemarketing
• National Vendor Management
• Direct Mail
• Reports
• Board of Directors
• Donor Acquisition
• Membership
• Vendor Management (National and Local)
• Donor Database
• Policy and Procedures
• Donor Event Planning
• Audience Segmentation
• Public Speaking
• Writing and Editing
• Budgeting
• Annual Fund
• Volunteer Management
• Staff Management
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Donor Stewardship
• Digital Appeals