by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 12, 2021 | Leaders, Vacation | Leadership, Self-care
In our recent blog post we encouraged you to take a break, and we gave you all our reasons. Now we’re going to practice what we’re telling you to do – we’re going to take a break ourselves! So, over the next several weeks, Richard and I won’t be writing our usual blog...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 9, 2020 | Culture of Major Gifts, Leaders, managers | Culture of Philanthropy, Leadership
The Sixth in a six-part series: Truth Bombs about Major Gifts Here’s our last “truth bomb” to land in your lap. In addition to creating a culture of philanthropy at your organization, you also need to embrace a culture of major gifts. It should be clear to you by now...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 2, 2020 | Alignment, Leaders | Leadership, Major Gifts, Mission
Third in a six-part series: Truth Bombs About Major Gifts Why does your organization exist today? Is it relevant? Is it meeting a societal need? You may be asking, “why is this a truth bomb related to major gifts?” You see, many non-profits have moved away from their...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 19, 2018 | execution, Leaders, major gifts | Leadership, MGO Characteristics, Prioritizing
First in a five-part series: It’s NOT Rocket Science In launching this series in my last post, I urged you to embrace the fact that as a major gift fundraiser, YOU are a leader. This is extremely important as I highlight each area of the five that Tom Peters says are...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 20, 2017 | Leaders, leadership | Boards, Events, Non-Profits
Non-profit leaders and board members, this one is for you. Several weeks ago I got a call from a distraught Director of Development telling me she was at her wits’ end with the board of directors and her non-profit’s CEO. She said, “Jeff, I’m not sure what to do. My...