Thanking Donors Appropriately
First in a Four-Part Series: How to Create Value for Your Donors Whenever Richard or I meet with a group of major gift fundraisers, inevitably this question comes up: “How do I get donors to meet with me?” The question we ask back is this: “Are you providing value to...
Express Gratitude to Donors Daily
One thing that’s difficult for me to do is to focus on the positive things people do. Jeff and my wife both tell me regularly that I am too problem-oriented. There is good and bad news to this reality. The good news is that I am always focusing on what needs to get...
Giving Thanks
I love Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday. Besides all the great food and football, for me it is an amazing blessing to have one day where we talk with family and friends about what we are grateful for. Earlier in my career as a development director I loved this...
You Can't Do It All
On occasion we like to send out a survey to you, our blog readers, to get a pulse on what you are working on or what concerns you right now. In a recent survey, it amazed us how many responses we received that lamented about how you MGOs don’t have enough time to do...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
