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Recently, we were talking to a client about how to help their fundraisers stay on track. They know the general idea and direction they should be heading, but when it comes to the day-to-day question of “Where should I be spending my time?” there’s often confusion or a...
You’ve Taken on Too Much… It’s Time to Unload Some of Your Responsibilities
A couple of years ago, I was helping to manage a Major Gift Officer at a medium-sized non-profit. Mary (not her real name) was a veteran fundraiser who was struggling with making her revenue goals when I met her. Her manager was concerned because she had been a...
19 Fundraising Tips to Make Summer Successful!
May is already in full swing, and summer will soon be officially upon us. I spent 8 years as a development director for two non-profits in Philadelphia earlier in my career, and I loved summer. That’s because it wasn’t as crazy with events as other times. And, people...
I Don’t Have Time for Major Gifts
Recently Richard and I conducted a free Q&A Webinar. We received a ton of questions from development professionals working for smaller non-profits. Here’s a question we heard from many of them: “I’m a one-person development shop and I do everything. I’ve been...
Leadership is About Executing
First in a five-part series: It’s NOT Rocket Science In launching this series in my last post, I urged you to embrace the fact that as a major gift fundraiser, YOU are a leader. This is extremely important as I highlight each area of the five that Tom Peters says are...TOP RATED PODCAST
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