Are You Truly Thankful for Your Donors?
Miss Josephine Conrad loved animals. This love came from living with parents who were conservationists, even at the turn of the 20th Century. Her father was an industry magnate and had made a great fortune. Josephine was their only child and grew up an independent...Six Ways to Influence Your CEO to Love Fundraising
A common complaint Richard and I hear from major gift officers concerns their CEOs or Executive Directors and their hatred for fundraising. Here they have people who are supposed to be the leaders of their organizations, with vision and passion, but they won’t even...Building a Culture of Philanthropy #4: Telling Your Story
Do you know your organization’s story? Do you know how it began and why it exists? Have you ever considered why people support your organization? When I ask these questions of staff at non-profits I’m amazed at how many can’t answer them. I’m not blaming them for...Building a Culture of Philanthropy: What Does it Look Like?
Okay, I’m admittedly killing two birds with one stone here. Next week Richard and I have scheduled a virtual conference with Fundraising Success magazine on the topic of “The Culture of Philanthropy” and since I have to prepare for that I might as bring you along...If Program Fails You Will Fail
I recently heard of a situation in a large non-profit where a multi-million donor withdrew his giving from the organization he had come to love. The reason? The promise which had been made when he gave his $2 million dollars was not delivered by program. As I dug into...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
