by Guest Contributor | Nov 18, 2024 | Focus, Planning, Year-end | Discipline, Focus, Fundraising, Management, Planning, Year-End
There are 22 workdays until Dec. 20. You’ll likely also work a few of the days between then and Dec. 31, so let’s call it a holiday-specific 25 workdays til year-end. How are you going to use that time? Not long ago, my colleague Karen Kendrick calculated that out of...
by Richard Perry | Sep 4, 2024 | Curiosity, Focus, Relationship Fundraising, Self-Awareness | Donor Conversation, Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Non-Profits, Relationships
I was recently talking to the CEO of a large non-profit. She was very frustrated with her major gift manager because he could not, in her words “get his frontline fundraisers to manage their interactions with donors in the right way.” I pressed for more information....
by Jeff Schreifels | Aug 28, 2024 | Focus, Major Gift Fundraising, Major Gift Goals, Revenue goals | Focus, Fundraising, Goal-setting, Major Donors, Major Gifts
Recently, I’ve been talking to several major gift officers all in different sectors of the non-profit community and many of them are racked with anxiety about meeting their revenue goals for 2024. Obviously, the economy is on everyone’s mind, and depending on the...
by Jeff Schreifels | Jan 31, 2024 | Admin support, Administrative Support, Focus, support, Teams, Teamwork | Admin Support, Focus, Fundraising, Management, Overworked, Teamwork
A couple weeks ago, Richard sent me a note saying I had to see this post on LinkedIn and write about it. So I went to read the post, which shows two pie charts comparing what people think fundraisers do all day (100% fundraising), versus the reality of all the...
by Karen Kendrick | Jan 18, 2023 | Focus, Personal Development, Self-care, Stress | Focus, Overworked, Personal Development, Professional Development, Self-care
This is Part Two of a two-part blog series. Read Part One here. Imagine a scenario where you roll out of bed first thing in the morning, and immediately open emails and start answering them. You start to feel overwhelmed about the day ahead, your mind is spinning,...