Six Reasons for Major Gift Officer Failure
There are very few reasons for failure in the major gift business. Often the major cause of failure for the MGO is the organization itself. It just does not have the program to present to donors – or if it does, it has not prepared, packaged and priced the program as...
7 Ways to Discourage Your MGO
You’ve spent a great deal of time and money creating the ideal job description and the profile of an ideal employee, and now you’re spending more time and money searching for the right person to fill the MGO position. Jeff and I have been involved in hundreds of these...
What is Your Next Move?
Are you currently looking for your next major gift position? Have you been at an organization for several years and feel you want to “take it to the next level” with your career? Maybe you have been in your current position for a long, long time and you feel that it’s...
Looking to Hire a Major Gift Officer?
It seems like everyone is trying to hire a major gift officer. Rightly, non-profits are finally realizing that creating or increasing the capacity of their major gift program will bring in much-needed net revenue. This is a good thing. The tough part is actually...
The Important Back End of Major Gifts
One of our blog readers recently commented that many speakers, consultants and category experts write and speak a great deal about the “donor-facing” side of major gifts, but hardly anyone talks about the back end. Good point. Without a fully functional and...TOP RATED PODCAST
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