by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 28, 2012 | Fundraising, Non-Profits, Passion, Philanthropy, Reflection | Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Mission, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
Sometimes it feels like time is going so fast that a week or even a month has gone by and I have no idea how it happened. Do you ever feel like that? Our world seems like it’s speeding up every year. Faster connection rates, quad-core processors, 4G LTE cell...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 26, 2012 | Director of Major Gifts, Fundraising, Giving, Joy, Non-Profits, Passion, Philanthropy | Development Directors, Donor-Centered, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
Wow, can you believe 2012 is about to come to a close? I can’t. This year has just flown by. Naturally, at this point in December, I begin to think about all that has happened this past year and then I remembered that exactly a year ago I wrote the “Six New Year’s...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 21, 2012 | Fundraising, Giving, Joy, Non-Profits, Passion, Philanthropy | Development Directors, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
“I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Several posts ago I told you that the giving and getting of gifts is a difficult thing for me. Here’s why. I was sent off to a boarding school in another country when I was six...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 19, 2012 | Asking, Director of Major Gifts, Fundraising, Giving, Joy, Passion, Philanthropy | Donor-Centered, Major Gifts, Marketing Plans, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
Your major donor has just given in the last month or last several weeks and you are now turning your attention to the donors on your caseload who have not given so far this calendar year. This is good. But you may be missing an opportunity to bring additional joy into...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 10, 2012 | Development Directors, Director of Major Gifts, Fundraising, leadership, Managing, Non-Profits, Passion, Suffering | Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Mission, Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi I don’t like pain. For most of my life I’ve either denied or avoided suffering. Pain and suffering are things I have to consciously invite into my life or I find myself running away from them as fast as I...