Who is Barbara Talisman?
Barbara Talisman is President of Talisman Associates, Inc. Talisman Associates, Inc is a full service consulting firm working with nonprofit organizations. Barbara provides hands-on fundraising, Board training and development and executive coaching to the independent sector. Contact Barbara - barbara@3talisman.com or 312.733.7520.
Barbara has been in the development field since 1983. Her experience ranges from corporate partnership and special events to board/membership development, grant writing and major gift solicitation, In addition, Barbara provides expertise in social media strategy, volunteer, staff development and training. Barbara teaches a variety of fundraising topics and has been a guest speaker at conferences in North America, Europe the United Kingdom and Australia. Barbara began her development experience on the campaign trail for national and local political candidates. Her fund development experience began at the American Heart Association and continued at the Anti-Defamation League. 
Barbara has published articles in Fund Raising Management, Fundraising Success, Association Forum, Fund Raising Institute, Advancing Philanthropy and Clout and has been profiled in Entrepreneur Magazine, Today's Chicago Woman, Crain's Chicago Business, Ezine Articles and Chicago Tribune. She writes in her blog Talisman Thinking Out Loud regularly.
Barbara holds a Bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University. She has continued her education through workshops and classes at ZingTrain, BoardSource, The Institute for Charitable Giving, Vanderbilt University, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) regional and international conferences and Indiana University School of Philanthropy. Barbara is an Association of Fundraising Professional Master Trainer.
