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“So, tell me what you did with my money,” the donor said. And the silence and lack of response drove her away. Jeff and I hear stories like this every week. Every week! Sadly, this is one of the major causes of donor attrition – the donor gave a gift but did not receive information back on how that...
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Sixth in the series: Six Traits of Healthy Donor Relationships You probably would never think of saying “no” to a donor. But in a healthy relationship, sometimes you have to. It feels...
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Second in the Series: Six Traits of Healthy Donor Relationships The planet and its people are hurting. We’re living in a broken world with a lot of things that are not going well. This is why good...
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Major Gift work is not easy. Yet when I read the headlines of our industry magazines and web sites, everyone seems to have either an easy way to do major gifts, or some kind of major gift fundraising...
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Last week, Jeff wrote about how difficult it is for MGOs to get meetings with donors. His blog was in response to many requests we are getting from our readers and the MGOs we manage to give more...
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#5 in the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time Budget time in any organization, commercial or non-profit, is when revenue forecasts are always made. Someone will invariably say, “We need growth of...
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#4 in the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time “Aren’t you just moving old money around?” the finance person asked, as he sought comfort that the major gift program was really working. So I stated...
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#3 in the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time We have just completed a major study on how a major donor caseload behaves over time. I will address the economics of the caseload in the next blog....
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#2 of the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time In my last blog, I talked about your major gift caseload as an incubator for transformational giving. Here is how that works. In our training on...
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This is the first in a five-part series called How a Caseload Grows Over Time. There are two reasons it is very important for major gift officers to understand how this works:
