How Do You Manage Up?
As a major gift fundraiser, you may be asked to manage the donor portfolio of your manager, CEO or ED. In order to be effective, you have to have the ability to “manage up.” Managing up means that you are working with your CEO, ED or Director of Development to help...
13 Ways to Manage Your Major Gift Officer to Success
Do you love managing major gift officers? Do you love developing others and getting results through the efforts of others? When one of your major gift officers secures a large gift from a donor they have been cultivating, do you have a rush of joy for them? These are...
Be a Leader Who Actually Leads: 14 ways to Show It!
Recently, I took part in a conference call which is part of our leaders and managers course for major gifts. It gave me such hope, because the leaders that are taking this course are doing it because they want to learn about major gifts – and even more importantly,...
What Are You Waiting for?
When I hear from a major gift officer that he loves to create strategic plans, I get really worried. You might be thinking right now, “but Jeff, you and Richard are always talking about the need for major gift officers to have a revenue goal and a strategic plan for...
How to Make an Impact After an Event
NOTE: This post is specifically directed to Directors of Development who manage major gifts, events and prospects, and to MGOs who have donors that attend events. At Veritus Group we don’t advocate cultivating major donors with events and asking MGOs to work at...TOP RATED PODCAST
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