Going Beyond What is Expected of You: Being Real
Second in a Four-Part series Have you ever spent time with someone and afterward you thought, “Wow, that person has a great presence about them, they are just so real and authentic!” It’s hard for me to put it into words, but when you run into someone like that, you...
Major Gift Organizational Structure — #5: Can’t We All Get Along?
You can have the talent. You can have the donors. You can have a great cause and even a great structure and process. But if don’t have the goodwill, cooperation and support of all the others in your organization, your major gift fundraising efforts will fail. This is...
Major Gift Organizational Structure — #2: The Right Context
One of the main problems that major gifts programs face is a poorly thought-out organizational structure. This is caused by an authority figure not thinking clearly about the purpose of the various fundraising, marketing and communications functions. Here’s what I...
Major Gift Organizational Structure — #1: What’s Wrong?
Today I’m beginning a five-part series on major gift organizational structure where we will explore: What’s wrong with most organizational structures Putting major gifts into the right organizational context The nature of the major gift pipeline The four main things...
Leaders and Managers Never Remember
A couple of weeks ago Richard wrote a great three-part series on Myths about Major Gifts. If you haven’t read it, click here and do so. I loved it. So I’ve been thinking about it, and there is one more myth about major gifts and fundraising that you and your fellow...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
