Leadership is About Executing
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...
A Great Deal of Non-Profit Management is Terrible
I want to preface all I’m going to say by telling you that Richard and I have worked – and continue to work – with some really great leaders and managers. They “get it.” They are forward-thinking, and they have vision and care for their people and donors. That being...
19 Ideas to Cultivate Your Donors
If there is one area of “moves management” that has never set well with me, it’s the word stewardship. Stewardship is what you are supposed to do with donors after they give you a gift. I don’t like it because it conveys a more passive approach to the relationship...
You Are NOT Too Small!
Being a “small” non-profit is never an excuse not to have a major gift program. Lately, I’ve been talking to a great number of Executive Directors and Development Directors from small non-profits. Bottom line, everyone is overworked and doing multiple jobs. It’s not...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
