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Fundraiser… You Deserve This Day!

Fundraiser… You Deserve This Day!

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 7, 2020 | jobs, Labor Day, Work | MGOs, Self-care, Stress

Today is Labor Day in the United States. It’s the unofficial end of summer, and a day to take a break and to rest and reflect on the work you’ve done this year. In fact, we hope you aren’t even reading this blog post today but are reading it on Tuesday morning....
How to Love Your Donors After You Leave

How to Love Your Donors After You Leave

by Jeff Schreifels | Jul 22, 2024 | Donor Database, Management, Philanthropy | Jobs, MGOs, Moves Management

Sometime in the next several years, most major gift officers, like you, will leave your non-profit to work for someone else. In fact, today you and your colleagues are moving from one non-profit to another every 2-3 years. Richard and I have written about this fact...
Does Your Job Position Really Matter?

Does Your Job Position Really Matter?

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 3, 2020 | Career, changing jobs | Jobs, Management, MGOs

I’ve seen it happen so many times. A very successful person, bored with the familiarity of their job and plagued by many conflicting desires, wants another place in the organization, maneuvers a move to that other place and is miserable after they get there. In major...
Cut the Noise and Stay with the Basics

Cut the Noise and Stay with the Basics

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 8, 2020 | basics, noise, Priorities | Focus, MGOs

There’s a lot of COVID-19 noise out there. A lot! People telling you how to do things. How not to do things. How to think. What to avoid. We long for silence. A quiet place to be grounded. A place where we can think about what’s right and what’s true in fundraising...
Thank you!

Thank you!

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 20, 2020 | emotion, gratitude, Thanks | COVID-19, MGOs, Self-care

At Veritus, we want you to know that you’re amazing! As Richard and I have said many times, we think you have the hardest job in the non-profit community. And now, in the midst of this crisis, your work has been made even harder. You may be in a state of pure...
5 Reasons MGOs Fail to Get Larger Gifts

5 Reasons MGOs Fail to Get Larger Gifts

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 11, 2019 | Asking, Culture of Philanthropy, Donor-Centered | Management, MGOs, Transformational Gift

One of the most frequent complaints we get from managers and leaders of non-profits is that their MGOs are not bringing in the “big money.” By “big money,” they mean larger gifts – six- and seven-figure gifts – even bigger ones. There are some good reasons why this...
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