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What MGO’s Should Do in January
We've recently talked a lot about resolutions and goals for 2026, but today, I want to suggest what you can do in January that will set the stage for an incredible 2026. Your theme for January should...
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Five Things You Must Do in Caseload Management to Start the Year
Don’t let another minute of this new year slip by without taking care of a few critical things in your major gifts caseload management. This is the work that sets the tone for the entire year, and...
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Get Rid of KPI’s and Manage!
The non-profit industrial complex is broken. Yes, I could write another book just on that one sentence. There are many reasons why it’s broken, but I’m not going to write a blog as long as a book...
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How to Use the Quiet Season to Deepen Donor Relationships
Last week, one of our Veritus client experience leaders wrapped up a really good coaching call with one of their clients, and the conversation they shared inspired me to write about it.
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Gratitude Can Change Everything
I woke up feeling kind of depressed the other day. It was raining outside, I didn’t work out, and I was just in a funk. Then, I remembered something I read that said when you feel down or depressed,...
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How to Acquire More Major Donors Next Year
We are absolutely living in strange times. Many have coined it the second “Gilded Age.” We see power in the hands of extremely wealthy billionaires, and the gulf between the wealthiest and the...
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Do You Have These Year-End Fundraising Deadlines on Your Radar? You Should!
Every December, I’m reminded just how quickly the year can slip away. At Veritus, we spend this time alongside hundreds of fundraisers who are juggling donor meetings, gratitude calls, family...
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How to Set Goals for Your Donors
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for a bit, you know that we’re constantly telling you – as part of The Veritus Way of major gifts – that you need to set individual revenue goals for every one of...
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5 Self-Care Tips to Make More You-Time at Year-End
This blog post was originally published in 2022 One thing is certain: the year-end push is exhausting. You’ve been busy preparing donor offers, meeting with donors, writing thank-you notes, making...
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What Are You Grateful For This Year?
As many of us in the U.S. prepare to pull up a chair at the Thanksgiving table—and even if you’re reading this from somewhere far beyond our borders—I want to take a moment to pause with you. This...
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Three Meaningful Ways to Thank Your Donors
Many of us in the U.S. are getting ready to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday this week. But gratitude is a year-long practice, not an annual feast. Studies have shown that practicing gratitude...
