by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 3, 2017 | Administrative Support, Donor Offers, Donor Research | Major Gift Officers, Structure
It was an interesting discussion. We were sitting with personnel from a very large international non-profit, talking about what constitutes a winning major gift team. This organization has almost 90 MGOs now, and they plan to grow their...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 1, 2017 | Capacity, Wealth | High Givers, Major Donors
Several weeks ago we received some not-so-surprising news from a client in the western U.S. I say “not so surprising” because we see the very same thing with other clients all the time. But it was surprising to this client. Here’s what happened....
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 30, 2017 | Hiring, leadership, Management | CEO, MGOs, Structure
We’ve been working with major gift officers for quite a long time. I think that Richard and I and our associates have seen just about every type of personality, work ethic and passion (or lack of) in the MGOs we have managed. There is one...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 27, 2017 | Data, MGOs, Philantrophy | Data, Major Donors
What if I told you that you could increase your major gift revenue by thousands of dollars, and all you had to do was clean up your database? Yep, this is what can happen when you take the time to “clean up” and straighten out your data issues. How do I know this? Let...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 23, 2017 | Customer Service, Joy, serving donors | Communication, Donor-Centered, Passions and Interests
A Three-Part Series on Thanking, Reporting Back and Serving Your Major Donors That Will Break Through Their Noise and Bring Them Joy #3 — Serving Your Donor As I said in the beginning of this series, our donor’s lives are incredibly busy. They get bombarded with...