A Day in the Life of a Great MGO
Over the years we have worked with hundreds of major gift officers. Some are good, some are not so good, and some are extraordinary. We’re working with a number of extraordinary ones right now. The other day, I asked one of these great MGOs to tell me what a typical...
The Beauty of Discipline
If anyone had said to me 10 years ago that I would write a blog post about discipline being beautiful, I would have laughed uncontrollably. But here I am. As Richard can attest, I’m not the most disciplined person. However, over time, I have come to fully appreciate...
Six Reasons for Major Gift Officer Failure
Six Reasons for Major Gift Officer Failure
There are very few reasons for failure in the major gift business. Often the major cause of failure for the MGO is the organization itself. It just does not have the program to present to donors – or if it does, it has not prepared, packaged and priced the program as...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
