All About Supporting Philanthropy is a podcast presented by the Association of Advancement Services Professionals where we discuss advancement services and why it is so important to Philanthropy.
What happens when a prospect researcher writes a mystery novel — and makes the main character one of us? In this special episode, we dive into Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia, a delightful thriller whose protagonist works in Prospect Research. Then we go straight to the source: Kate herself joins us to talk about her career in prospect research, what inspired the book, and what it was like to blend her professional world with fiction.
We also get into something weightier: the ethics of the data we hold. How much is too much to know about someone? What are the real consequences of poor decisions in our profession? It's a conversation that's equal parts fun and thought-provoking.
📖 Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia — kateracculia.com
00:00 - Introduction: Tuesday Mooney
01:30 - Book Report: Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
09:55 - Meet the Author: Kate Racculia
10:57 - The HIPAA Violation: When Researchers Cross the Line
13:51 - It Gets Creepy: The Data We Shouldn't Have
15:38 - Kate's Journey Through the Profession
19:30 - How Much Is Too Much to Know?
22:34 - When Wealth Goes Off the Rails
25:36 - Kate's Thoughts on Legacy
20 Jan 2026
39 | Use Your Data Creatively
We collect a lot of data about our donors and constituents. And we put that data to good use in crafting our messages and appeals and our stewardship. We focus on this data so much that we have a hard time seeing past it. A hard time seeing the forest for the trees.
Today we have a conversation with a pair of advancement services technologists who took a step back and looked at the forest instead of the trees. They took a simple question, answerable by their data, and turned the answer into a tool to solve their curiosity and a solution for the world to use.
Guests: Clare Buttry and Carrick Davis
University of Northern Colorado Alumni Dashboard : https://www.unco.edu/alumni/bears-go-big/
Sankey Diagram : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankey_diagram
Edward Tufte and the famous use of Sankey-style in a chart : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte
00:00 - Using your Data Creatively
01:10 - Clare Buttry and Carrick Davis
03:01 - What problem is data trying to solve?
11:05 - It doesn't have to be complicated
15:39 - Bears Go Big - the tool described
19:15 - Data Clutter and Efficiency
26:28 - Advancement Services is the right spot
31:27 - See the little lightbulb turn on
30 Apr 2025
38 | Let Technology Happen
Listen in on our aasp Technology Committe as we celebrate a recent accomplishiment in one of our shops. The conversation provides insight into how technology teams work, what excites us, and what motivates us. While your technology team members all took different paths to your foundation, we all share some common goals and common experiences. Learn how to allow technology projects to happen and give your team room to explore.
02:43 - The topic at hand
07:56 - I broke things apart
10:57 - It's a common story
14:56 - Data just gets crufty
16:00 - 18 month project for five tables
20:07 - Replacing a million dollar tool
26:42 - This used to be really hard
27:36 - Let R&D happen
32:46 - Stuff you build is useful and people rely on it
36:37 - You can't go messing with people's data
39:09 - Let people help
42:22 - The SME you need
48:13 - Becoming self reliant
Episode list: advserv.org
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