Who Are You Influencing?
I was watching a video recently from John Hayden, a colleague in our fundraising world who’s dying of cancer. He’s been thinking a lot about death, and he was talking about “the dash” in our lives. “The dash” is what we do between when we are born and the day we die....
Reporting Back a Donor’s Impact
Second in a Four-Part Series: How to Create Value for Your Donors I cannot overstate this. Reporting on the impact of your donor’s gift will make or break your success as a major gift officer, the success of your organization’s major gift program, and whether or not...
Ramp Up Your Use of Donor Feedback
Last summer the Orange County Rescue Mission had kids in their program decorate aprons for the MGOs, to present to their top donors as a way of showing that their giving was making a difference. The idea was to meet with the donor in person, present the apron, and...
Do I Have the Right Offers? Must-Answer Question #3
Third in a Series: 6 Questions Your Major Gift Plan Must Answer You’ve decided to start a company. But you can’t figure out the product or service side of things. Would you still go ahead and start it? No, you wouldn’t. No product – no sales – no company. Simple. It’s...
The Spirituality of Major Gift Fundraising
We write a lot about the structure, process and implementation of major gift strategies in this blog. We write about what it takes to be a great major gift fundraiser and how to build relationships with donors. All of those things are important and necessary for major...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
