It’s Not Rocket Science. It’s Just Hard Work!
Ever since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project results came out showing that major gift revenue was down for the first time in over a decade, we’ve been getting inquires and I’ve been hearing commentary from non-profit leaders about what to do. And, of course, as...
Stop Putting Off Planned Giving
It’s hard to plan for something that won’t pay off or show itself until years from now. I know. But we all know that planned giving is one those fundraising strategies that delivers very high revenue at a relatively low cost. So why don’t more organizations get going...
How To Get Buy-in for Planned Giving In Your Organization
Getting buy-in for planned giving requires you to help the decision makers at your non-profit to understand the economics of planned giving. Because when they don’t understand the economics, they can’t see the millions of dollars they are losing. To us at Veritus,...
A Bad Culture is Ruining Your Non-Profit
Almost every good business book over the last two decades has at least one chapter devoted to company culture. And building a company culture generally includes getting staff buy-in for the overall vision of the company. Makes complete sense, right? Everyone needs to...
When Your ROI Doesn’t Show the Big Picture
There are far too many non-profit leaders who are obsessed with having a high return on investment (ROI) – so they don’t take any risks, don’t support their staff, fail to properly invest in their major gift pipeline and ultimately don’t grow as an organization....TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
