What If You Loved Yourself?
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete” — Jack Kornfield I go through periods when I don’t take care of myself, and the work I do suffers. It usually happens when I have so many things going on that I don’t take time to think about what I’m...
We Need Your Help!
We need your help. The pressure you face from many non-profit leaders and managers – pressure to bypass the hard work of major gift fundraising and go after the money – is almost overwhelming. To be honest, many good people don’t make it in your job because of that...
Be Kind
I have to admit to you – when I’m stressed out, I’m not very nice. I’m too short in my responses to others, I don’t listen well, and I don’t acknowledge others’ good work. In fact, even when I’m not stressed out I’m probably not that good in thanking people for their...
Wells Fargo Scandal is Like Many Major Gift Programs
You’ve probably heard about it in the news: Wells Fargo says it has found a total of up to 3.5 million potentially fake bank and credit card accounts, up from its earlier tally of approximately 2.1 million. In other words, there are two-thirds more fake accounts than...
You Can't Do It All
On occasion we like to send out a survey to you, our blog readers, to get a pulse on what you are working on or what concerns you right now. In a recent survey, it amazed us how many responses we received that lamented about how you MGOs don’t have enough time to do...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
