I Never Wanted to be a Fundraiser
As I move into my mid-50s, I look back and reflect on how amazing it’s been so far. More than half of those years I’ve been a fundraiser. I didn’t choose fundraising as a career. For those who are my age and older, that’s typically the case. I certainly didn’t have...
Want to be an Awesome MGO?
When people ask you what you do for a living, how do you talk about it? When you are finished telling the person what you do and why, are they thinking, “Wow, this person really loves their job!” or “Huh, I’m glad I’m not doing what they are doing.” I really hope you...A Lightness of Being
I’m thinking of you today as you are probably facing some pretty daunting end of year stress. As Richard and I have often said, being a major gift officer is one of the hardest professions we know of. If you don’t watch it, it can literally take you down. Recently, I...The Power of the Story
The other day I was meeting with some really good people at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, in the heart of Atlantic City, New Jersey. We were there to help them build a major gift program and start developing real relationships with donors. If you ever wanted to...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
