Honesty and Transparency Build Trust with Donors
Part three of the series: Six Traits of Healthy Donor Relationships “Yes, you are right. Our overhead is 26%!” “I’m calling to let you know that the project you funded is being shut down. We thought we had a strategy that would work, but it turned out it didn’t. Now...
View Your Donor as a Partner for a Healthy Relationship
Second in the Series: Six Traits of Healthy Donor Relationships The planet and its people are hurting. We’re living in a broken world with a lot of things that are not going well. This is why good and decent men and women worldwide are trying to do something about it...
It Starts with You: Traits of Healthy Donor Relationships
First in the Series: Six Traits of Healthy Donor Relationships “I just don’t understand her. She doesn’t talk to me. She doesn’t share my interests. She prefers herself over me.” I know you’ve heard some version of this statement in a relationship you have been in or...Six Ways to Do What’s Expected in Major Gifts
In the world of “Doing What’s Expected,” there’s bound to be some element of disappointment, failure, misunderstanding, hiding and frustration. But there is also joy, when it all works right. If you go home at night with the feeling of having missed the mark in your...MGOs Stay When You Allow Them to Make Mistakes
Part 6 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization “Are you kidding… I should just allow the MGOs to make mistakes? That will keep my MGOs from leaving?” – this is what you were probably thinking after you read the headline of this blog....TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
