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...
Front-line Fundraisers Don’t Need to Come Back to the Office
In my last blog post, I spoke to front-line fundraisers about realizing their power in the current job climate. I encouraged folks to ask themselves: “Do I want to go back to the office full-time?” Today, I want to pose a question directly to non-profit leaders and...
If You’ve Lost Your Way… Come Back to Your Purpose
If you’ve lost your way, it’s not too late to come back. I’m talking about what we see happening in a lot of non-profits these days. It’s where the organization has moved away from the deeper organizing purpose, and it’s become an organization with little heart and...
What Planned Giving Needs to Know about Major Gifts
Third in a Series: Culture of Collaboration Here’s an interesting thing about planned giving: most planned giving programs solely focus on future giving. This is good, to a point, in that the work of the Planned Giving Officer (PGO) is mostly about what legacy the...
The Proper Use of Influence in Major Gifts
As a major gift officer, you can have the right caseload, a great strategy, solid program offers and be doing your job right – but you can still fail because of the poor relationship you have with your peers and boss. I’ve seen this happen so many times, where an...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
