A well-known and respected fundraising consultant and copy writer, Jeff McLinden served for 20 years as vice president of the McConkey-Johnston International consulting firm. He now runs his own marketing and consulting firm, Wordsmith Marketing, LLC. Jeff has worked in the areas of resource development and marketing for nonprofit institutions since 1979. In 1988, Jeff was awarded recognition for exemplary service as a Development Professional by the Development Association for Christian Institutions (DACI). He specializes in marketing and development communications strategies, such as organizational branding strategies, direct mail fund-raising, development publications, and the creation and management of donor involvement programs and is a frequent leader of seminars on these topics at professional development conferences. As a copywriter, Jeff has written for such luminaries as Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, Pat Robertson, founder, CEO and host of the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club", Howard Dayton, founder of Crown Financial Ministries, management author and ministry leader Dr. Hans Finzel, world evangelist Luis Palau, and dozens of other ministry leaders and organizations. He is a co-founder of FundraisingSuccessTeam.com, the online resource center for nonprofit organizations. Jeff is also founder of Raising-Support.com, an online resource center for missionaries and Christian workers who need help raising funds for their ministry assignments. McLinden's marketing services firm, Wordsmith Marketing, LLC, works with both nonprofit and for profit organizations to create unique branding, marketing, lead-capture and customer engagement strategies. Wordsmith also helps authors and experts create their online marketing presence and platform. Jeff was educated at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Lynn, and their family. Read his blog at JeffMcLinden.com.