by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 16, 2016 | CEOs, Executives, Portfolios | Caseloads, Development Directors, Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
Part 5 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization When I talk to MGOs or Development Directors who have a caseload of major donors, and I ask them why they have been in their positions for a long time at a particular organization, one of...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 14, 2016 | Admin support, leadership | Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
Part 4 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization Do you want to keep your good MGOs? Do you want to create a place for them where they thrive? Well then, will you allow your MGO(s) to be donor-centered? I have a new MGO that I’m helping...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 12, 2016 | Culture of Philanthropy, Ethics, Inspiration, Passion, Program | Development Directors, Fundraising, Impact, Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
Part 3 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization Your major gift officers want to change the world. And they want to do it through the mission of your organization. If you sat down with great MGOs who are with an organization for a long...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 9, 2016 | Praise, Value | Development Directors, Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
Part 2 of a Six-Part Series on Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization Have you ever been picked last to participate in a team sport? Were you ever left out of activities that the “in” group was involved in? Have you ever been left out of a meeting of...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 7, 2016 | Boundaries, Evaluation, Management, structure | Discipline, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
Part One of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization We all want to keep good people working with us. But in our industry, it seems as if keeping MGOs in the same job for more than a couple of years is impossible. This is really a problem...