Ellison Stewart's guest appearances

Ellison Stewart

One Question Leadership Podcast

The AthleticDirectorU Podcast

Jeremy McClain

Jim Knowlton

Charlie Cobb

Mark Jackson

Stan Wilcox

Lynn Holzman

Chris Freet

Terry Mohajir

Zach Maurides

Brian Bowsher

Mike Sinquefield

Jo Potuto

Glenn Caruso

Bill Moos

Jonathan Gantt

OwlTail

Boston College Associate Vice President of Major Giving and Development Wesley Ellison Stewart and Oklahoma Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration and Development Zac Selmon sit down with CarrSports Consulting’s Kevin Anderson to discuss what makes a successful fundraiser, cultivating donors, the balance of the annual fund and sport-specific goals, and much more. Ellison Stewart and Selmon also touch on their career aspirations, their career paths, work-life balance, and developing future fundraisers.   2:11 - What skill sets are required to be a successful fundraiser 3:51 - How do you identify, involve, and cultivate donors? (Ellison Stewart) 4:46 - How do you determine what kind of gift or how much you’re going to ask for? (Selmon) 5:49 - How do you balance annual fund giving with sport-specific fundraising goals? 7:49 - How do you determine when to bring the athletic director or the coach into the fundraising process? 10:41 - How are you coordinating with university and other department to get people to come to games? (Selmon) 11:46 - Explain the process you went through to bring Boston College's first athletic campaign to the public. (Ellison Stewart) 13:12 - What was your career path that brought you to your current positions? 14:59 - How can your ADs or the people that are in your positions at their universities help you, not only be successful at your job, but your career aspirations as well? 17:26 - With your job being on 24/7, how do you balance your work and your private life? 19:51 - How do you lead and develop your fundraisers? 22:07 - What are your career aspirations? 24:03 - How do you manage different generations of individuals?

Boston College Associate Vice President of Major Giving and Development Wesley Ellison Stewart and Oklahoma Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration and Development Zac Selmon sit down with CarrSports Consulting’s Kevin Anderson to discuss what makes a successful fundraiser, cultivating donors, the balance of the annual fund and sport-specific goals, and much more. Ellison Stewart and Selmon also touch on their career aspirations, their career paths, work-life balance, and developing future fundraisers. 2:11 - What skill sets are required to be a successful fundraiser 3:51 - How do you identify, involve, and cultivate donors? (Ellison Stewart) 4:46 - How do you determine what kind of gift or how much you’re going to ask for? (Selmon) 5:49 - How do you balance annual fund giving with sport-specific fundraising goals? 7:49 - How do you determine when to bring the athletic director or the coach into the fundraising process? 10:41 - How are you coordinating with university and other department to get people to come to games? (Selmon) 11:46 - Explain the process you went through to bring Boston College's first athletic campaign to the public. (Ellison Stewart) 13:12 - What was your career path that brought you to your current positions? 14:59 - How can your ADs or the people that are in your positions at their universities help you, not only be successful at your job, but your career aspirations as well? 17:26 - With your job being on 24/7, how do you balance your work and your private life? 19:51 - How do you lead and develop your fundraisers? 22:07 - What are your career aspirations? 24:03 - How do you manage different generations of individuals?

The Development Position: Boston College’s Ellison Stewart & Oklahoma’s Selmon

 Wesley Ellison-Stewart, Associate VP for Major Gifts &amp; Development at Boston College, visits @1QLeadership on the topic of development during the pandemic. Ellison-Stewart, former Sr. Associate AD for Development at BC, discusses the changes she, her team, and the university have had to make to keep things moving forward in university enhancement. She emphasizes that leadership in development starts with empathy and how that trait has become even more important over the last couple months. 

Wesley Ellison-Stewart, Associate VP for Major Gifts &amp; Development at Boston College, visits @1QLeadership on the topic of development during the pandemic. Ellison-Stewart, former Sr. Associate AD for Development at BC, discusses the changes she, her team, and the university have had to make to keep things moving forward in university enhancement. She emphasizes that leadership in development starts with empathy and how that trait has become even more important over the last couple months.

Wesley Ellison Stewart | Associate VP for Major Gifts | Boston College