The Best Gift YOU Can Give
As fundraisers, we love talking to donors about how THEIR gift can make a difference to help make the world a better place. But we don’t often talk about the best gift YOU can give as a fundraiser to help your manager sleep better at night. Well, I’ll tell you. The...
“I Don’t Need to Be Held Accountable!”
Over the last three years, I’ve had a trainer to help me with strength, conditioning, core work, etc. So, twice a week, I work out with Tony in his basement, so that when I’m 80, I don’t have to end up immobile. I hate it. It’s hard work. I mean, after the workout,...
Here’s How to Help Your Fundraisers Work Their Plan
In my last post, I urged frontline fundraisers to not worry about the outside forces they can’t control, and to focus on executing their fundraising plan for each donor in their portfolio… the one thing they do have control over. Now, I want to specifically address...
Everyone Needs a Coach
Our culture celebrates self-reliance. We have this admiration for the “self-made…fill in the blank.” The problem is that while we have bought into it, it’s a myth. No one I’ve ever met is a self-made anything. Yet, for some reason we’re all supposed to aspire to it....TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
