Veritus Group
  • What’s Your Role
    • ► What’s Your Role?
    • Mid-Level, Major Gift and Planned Giving Officer
    • VPs, Directors and Managers
    • CEOs and Executive Directors
  • Services
    • ► Our Services
    • Enterprise Partnership
    • Major Gift Programs: Planning, Development & Management
    • Mid-level Gift Management & Consulting
    • Donor Impact Portfolio
    • Strategic Planning & Organizational Development
  • Training
    • ► Training
    • Course Offerings
      • Certification Course in Mid-Level Fundraising
      • Certification Course for Major Gift Fundraisers
      • Certification Course for Managers and Executives
      • Discovering Your Donor’s Passions and Interests
    • On-Demand Courses
    • Our Veritus Scholars
  • Clients
    • ► Our Clients
    • Success Stories
    • Client Corner Articles
  • Resources
    • ► All Resources
    • Blog
    • Books
    • Podcasts
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
    • Free Donor Assessment
  • About
    • ► About Veritus Group
    • Veritus UK & Europe
  • Contact
    • ► Contact Us
    • Media Relations
Select Page
You Can’t Have an Empty Store

You Can’t Have an Empty Store

by Richard Perry | Jul 17, 2024 | Fundraising Offers, Giving, Reasons for Giving | Donor Offers, Giving, Major Gift Officers, Sales

You can’t have a successful retail store without a product to sell. You could have the world’s greatest logo, tagline, and storefront. All the window dressing to entice the customer to come in and buy your product. But that is not enough. You must have the goods...
Your Donor Needs to Know Their Gift Is Making a Difference

Your Donor Needs to Know Their Gift Is Making a Difference

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 4, 2021 | Donors, Giving Drivers, Reasons for Giving | Giving

First in a three-part series: “Why Your Donors Aren’t Giving More” “Most people give without expecting anything in return,” said some authority figure. And we don’t know where they got that idea. Everyone on the planet gives with some expectation of a...
An Important Question to Ask Your Caseload Donor

An Important Question to Ask Your Caseload Donor

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 3, 2017 | Donor Motivation, Donor Offer, Reasons for Giving | Asking, Communication, Donor-Centered

Several nights ago I was out with some friends in Asheville, NC. We were talking about how, in relative terms, it is easier to raise funds for some causes than for others. For example, it might be easier to raise funds for orphans, animals and hungry people than for a...

How to Identify Donor Passions and Interests

by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 30, 2015 | Motivations, Reasons for Giving | Donor-Centered, Major Gift Officers, Passions and Interests, Relationships, Uncategorized

The donor’s interests and passions are the most strategic and critical pieces of information in major gift fundraising. A major gift officer cannot expect to be successful in her job if she doesn’t have this information. It is the main driver of everything she does...

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

TOP RATED PODCAST

Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.

Listen now!

Most Popular Tags:

Accountability Asking Caseload Value Communication Cultivation Culture of Philanthropy Development Directors Director of Major Gifts Donor-Centered Donor Communication Donor Pipeline Donor Relations Donors Fear Focus Fundraisers Fundraising Giving Goals gratitude Impact Joy leadership major gifts Management Managing Money Moves Management Non-Profit Leadership Non-Profits Passion Personal Development Philanthropy Planning Qualifying Donors Relationships Results ROI Stewardship Strategy structure Success Thanking The Veritus Way Trust

Blog Post Archives

  • What’s Your Role?
    • CEOs and Executive Directors
    • Mid-Level, Major Gift and Planned Giving Officer
    • VPs, Directors and Managers
  • Services
    • Major Gift Programs: Planning, Development & Management
    • Donor Impact Portfolio
    • Strategic Planning & Organizational Development
    • Planned Giving Management and Consulting

Get Started

Request an Assessment
Contact
Find Training
Download a Resource

Questions? Get in touch
with us directly

Contact our Community Experience team:

hello@veritusgroup.net

(859) 212-6262

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

Copyright © 2020 Veritus Group | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Earnings Disclaimer