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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...