Giving the Wrong Gift to a Donor
I’ve experienced it many times. So have you. A well-meaning person in our lives comes to us with a lot of energy and excitement about the wonderful thing they’ve acquired for us. They hand it to us – it might be wrapped or in a bag – and they wait, excitedly, to see...
Why are Donor Passions and Interests So Important?
First in a Series: How to Identify Donor Passions and Interests We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the role of passions and interests in major and planned gift fundraising and how to identify and use them. So in the next four blog posts, I’m going to cover:...
Summertime Lesson #5: Get Deep with Some Donors. Do Something Crazy!
Fifth in a series: Six Things You Can Do This Summer to Help You Win in the 4th Quarter! You have roughly six weeks left in your summer. And since summer gives many of us the opportunity to do things a little differently than the rest of the year, why not try...
10 Ways You Can Stand Out from Other Non-Profits
You may not like to hear this, but there are other major gift officers from other organizations who are cultivating the donors in your portfolios. I know, it sounds crazy, but your donors have passions and interests outside of your organization’s mission. But from the...TOP RATED PODCAST
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