Development Systems International Archives

October 3, 2019

Maxie Carpenter Development Systems International

Maxie Carpenter Has a New Take On Nonprofits

Maxie Carpenter and Development Systems International have a new take on nonprofit leadership. Maxie asks the question, NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP: EFFECTIVE OR EFFICIENT?” Effectiveness has always been a driver of Leadership and nonprofit success, particularly since Peter Drucker formulated the rules and required habits of thought in 1967’s The Effective Executive. This book had an enormous impact on all kinds of leaders in all kinds of sectors, not just the for-profit marketplace because Drucker identified that doing the […]

February 20, 2022

Stefanie Stark, Major Gifts Ramp-Up Counselor

Stefanie Stark, Major Gifts Fundraising Expert, is a founding member of the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives and is a Certified Nonprofit Consultant. She has spent over 20 years serving in the charitable sector. Stefanie studied in Budapest at the National Hungarian Ballet Academy and is a graduate of the University North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of Utah. She began her career in the performing arts in 1998 as […]