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I’m frustrated. I’m personally off track on some tasks I need to do. I also have colleagues who are off track on their work, and stuff is getting “pushed” further down the path. Maybe you experience this as well. There are times during the year when I feel like I’m really “on it,” and I’m meeting...
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One of the advantages of being an outside consultant is that you can see things that those who are “in it” can’t, for one reason or another. It doesn’t mean a consultant is better than a front-line...
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Part 3 in a 3-Part Series for Small Non-Profit Organizations: How Do You Get Started in Major Gifts? In my first two posts where I’m talking directly to small organizations, I covered how to get...
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Part 1 in a 3-Part Series for Small Non-Profit Organizations: How Do You Get Started in Major Gifts? The other day I had a development director call me and tell me how much she enjoyed one of our...
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It’s a major dilemma. You’ve invited some outstanding community members, thought leaders, and friends to be on your board. You thought it would go well and it hasn’t. The board, simply, is not...
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I feel like every six months or so, either Richard or I feel compelled to write about the state of turnover in our industry. It’s sad, because honestly, not much has changed in over a decade of...
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Second in a three-part series: “Why Your Donors Aren’t Giving More” It’s always interesting to see how people react when Jeff and I assert that the annual fund, giving societies, and membership...
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To have a strong mid, major and planned giving program, you also need a strong pipeline of donors, starting with new donor acquisition. Let’s face it – if you’re a medium or large organization, you...
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Should you be your donor’s Facebook friend? It’s a question we’re often asked. In fact, it’s really the broader question of how friendly should a MGO or PGO be with their caseload donors?
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It’s always been amazing to me how fundraisers position planned giving as a very complex and difficult strategy to secure funds from people when they die, rather than seeing it as a way to help the...
