Welcome to Prospecting, a new blog on fund raising produced by The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Journalists from both publications will be contributing regularly to this blog to offer a wide array of perspectives about fund-raising trends and techniques that are working for nonprofit organizations in the United States and around the world. We’ll also examine what’s on the minds of the tens of thousands of people who raise money — as professionals, board members, and volunteers — for charitable causes of all kinds. And we’ll make sure you keep up to date with important fund-raising news.

We hope you will share your thoughts and experiences so we can build a community of nonprofit executives and volunteers who can help each other raise money more effectively for their organizations.

Please contribute your suggestions and questions in the comments section after each item or send an e-mail message to editor@philanthropy.com. We look forward to our conversations with all of you.