19 Fundraising Tips to Make Summer Successful!
May is already in full swing, and summer will soon be officially upon us. I spent 8 years as a development director for two non-profits in Philadelphia earlier in my career, and I loved summer. That’s because it wasn’t as crazy with events as other times. And, people...
Summertime Lesson #3: Get Ahead of the Game!
Third in a series: Six Things You Can Do This Summer to Help You Win in the 4th Quarter! In my first post of this series I wrote, in part, about putting together a little “half-year” report on your caseload for your manager to let him or her know that you are on top...
Summertime Lesson #2: Figure Out Who Your Donors Are
Second in a series: Six Things You Can Do This Summer to Help You Win in the 4th Quarter! I know summer can be kind of frustrating for major gift officers because many of your donors are on vacation, or the program people are away and not doing a whole lot, so it can...
Summertime Lesson #1: Create New Plans for Donors Behind Goal
First in a series: Six Things You Can Do This Summer to Help You Win in the 4th Quarter! Summertime, and the living is easy… I love that song from the musical “Porgy and Bess.” Unfortunately, I run into too many folks during the summer who actually put this into...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
