by Karen Kendrick | Nov 6, 2024 | End of Year, Planning, Year-end Fundraising | Accountability, Focus, Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Motivation, Planning, Year-End
This is it, folks! For many of you, this is the most significant time of year for donor giving. That’s why it’s so critical to be working in a mindful, planful, and strategic way. How you show up in relationship with your donors can make a big difference during such...
by Jeff Schreifels | Oct 7, 2024 | Encouragement, motivation, Plan | Focus, Fundraising, Motivation
Okay, you’re in it. This is probably the most stressful time of the year with your work. Well, I guess if you add on all the holidays and all that goes with it, it feels like piling on. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I let myself get so caught up in all the...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 14, 2024 | Caseloads, Energize, motivation, Performance Evaluation, Strategy | Caseloads, Coaching, Evaluation, Major Gift Officers, Motivation, Performance, Planning, Strategy
I recently renovated my home office. What a project. Just getting ready took a full week. I moved everything out and committed to purging and not bringing anything back in that I didn’t use or love. Sort of a Konmari approach. It was a journey back over my 11 years...
by Jeff Schreifels | Sep 18, 2024 | coaching, Results, structure | Accountability, Motivation, Non-Profits, Structure, Transformational Gift
At Veritus, our team has a Slack channel called “Celebrations.” If I’m ever feeling down, I go in there and it revives my spirit. Why? Because in that celebration channel are phenomenal stories that our team has posted on the amazing results our clients are getting. I...
by Karen Kendrick | Sep 16, 2024 | Curiosity, Mission, Reflection | Curiousity, Mission, Motivation, Personal Development
Fall is a time for recalibration. Nature teaches us that all things grow and thrive if they allow for the seasons and cycles of life. We are not machines. Yet, many times, we think we are. We run at full neck speed until we breakdown. But at what cost?! Sometimes, we...
by Karen Kendrick | Jun 14, 2024 | Attitude, Money, Role of Money, Wealth | Money, Motivation, Personal Development
It can be easy to think that your attitude about money is universal, but in reality, your beliefs are shaped by your life experience. Interestingly, all of us are in a conscious and subconscious relationship with money that we may not even be aware of. One of the...