by Guest Contributor | Nov 18, 2024 | Focus, Planning, Year-end | Discipline, Focus, Fundraising, Management, Planning, Year-End
There are 22 workdays until Dec. 20. You’ll likely also work a few of the days between then and Dec. 31, so let’s call it a holiday-specific 25 workdays til year-end. How are you going to use that time? Not long ago, my colleague Karen Kendrick calculated that out of...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 4, 2024 | Emotional Intelligence, Self-care, Work Your Plan | Fundraising, Non-Profits, Self-care, Stress
Election day in the U.S. is tomorrow. How are you holding up? Are you anxious? Maybe you’re sick of thinking about it, sick of the ads and text messages and campaign emails. Are your donors? It can be tricky for us to know how to fundraise in an election year,...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 14, 2024 | Caseloads, Energize, motivation, Performance Evaluation, Strategy | Caseloads, Coaching, Evaluation, Major Gift Officers, Motivation, Performance, Planning, Strategy
I recently renovated my home office. What a project. Just getting ready took a full week. I moved everything out and committed to purging and not bringing anything back in that I didn’t use or love. Sort of a Konmari approach. It was a journey back over my 11 years...
by Guest Contributor | Sep 23, 2024 | Donor Communication, Donor strategy, Preparation | Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Non-Profits, Planning, Strategy
I know there are people who relish the summer. Loading it with expectations of all manner of possibilities. They get a sinking feeling as sunsets start earlier in the evening and the air begins to turn crisp. But not me. I do love the warmth and the sunshine and the...
by Guest Contributor | Sep 11, 2024 | Communication Preferences, Patience, Permission-Based Asking | Communication, Donor Conversation, Major Gift Officers, Passions and Interests, Permission-Based Asking, Planning, Relationships, Strategic Plans
Don’t worry – Veritus hasn’t turned into a cooking blog! Today we’re talking about human onions. Everyone has onions in their lives. Those are the people with the tough outer shell, where it’s hard to peel back the layers. It’s not just that they’re introverted – they...