by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 24, 2018 | Anxiety, execution | Discipline, Performance, Planning, Self-care, Stress
Typically, a lot of anxiety starts to build up in you this time of year. If your major gift portfolio is like those of most of your colleagues, anywhere from 60-80% of your revenue comes in during the last three months of the year. That brings on a lot of pressure to...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 24, 2017 | expectations | Finance, Management, MGOs, Performance
Nope. Never. Not going to happen. Won’t happen. Can’t happen. Not true. It’s truly unbelievable to Jeff and me that smart, competent people can’t embrace the fact that a good major gifts program works and is worth the investment. These are the people I call the “major...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 10, 2017 | | Evaluation, Major Gift Officers, Performance
#5 in the series: Five Things Leaders Need to Know about Major Gifts The CEO looked me square in the eyes and said, “We need to have major gift representation in most of the major markets in the United States. Plus I think there is revenue in Europe. So putting...