by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 21, 2018 | leadership, Process | Annual Fund, Donor-Centered, Management
A couple of weeks ago Richard wrote a great post called “Common Practices that Suppress Major Donor Giving.” He touched on a few practices that we see all the time and make us scratch our heads and sigh. Two more of these came to my attention recently, and I had to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 7, 2018 | Donors as partners, Events, Giving Societies | Annual Fund, Fundraising, Strategic Plans
Why would you continue to do something that is obviously non-productive – that is not contributing to your objective? Why would you do this in light of the facts that are right before you? This is one of the great mysteries in our work. Sometimes I just wag my head in...