by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 15, 2017 | Appreciation, Reporting Back | Donor-Centered, Leadership, Thanking
How a Major University Blew it and How a Small Non Profit Won Last week, I was flying on a small plane from Dallas to Midland, Texas to give a presentation. It’s about a one-hour flight. Sitting next to me on my flight was a big guy who (from his accent) seemed to be...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Mar 1, 2017 | Cultivation, Reporting Back, Retention | Donor Retention, Economics, Giving
It’s a fact: here in the United States donors are giving less. And Jeff and I suspect that this is happening in other countries as well. There is one major reason for this… but first, the facts and the research. In a December 27, 2016 article in The Atlantic, Alexia...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 20, 2017 | Philanthropy, Reporting Back, Technology | Communication, Donor-Centered, Impact, Relationships, Storytelling
A Three-Part Series on Thanking, Reporting Back and Serving Your Major Donors That Will Break Through Their Noise and Bring Them Joy #2 — Reporting Back George, the CEO of a 5-million-dollar non-profit, was having breakfast at a diner when he noticed one of his donors...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 18, 2016 | Evaluation, Focus, Portfolios, Reporting Back, Tiering | Caseloads, Discipline, Strategic Plans, Uncategorized
#4 in the series How to Manage Your Portfolio Effectively If you’ve been reading along with this current series on tiering your donors, you know that we’ve now gone over what to do with A and B Tier donors. These two tiers, while comprising less than half, maybe just...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 16, 2016 | Focus, Reporting Back, Thanking, Tiering | Caseloads, Major Gifts, Moves Management, Strategic Plans, Uncategorized
#3 in the series How to Manage Your Portfolio Effectively B-level donors are the middle child of major gift portfolios everywhere. In many cases that I’ve come across in working with MGOs, they really are treated this way. Of course there is a lot of emphasis on Tier...