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Goal Setting: How to Do It!
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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How to Improve Collaboration Across Your Organization to Better Serve Your Donors
Your donors are on an incredible journey with you. They may have been in relationship with your organization for decades, starting out by giving through direct mail, then giving through their...
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Do You Realize Who You Really Are? Here’s What We Know About Great Fundraisers
Right this moment, your head is down, running full speed, until you reach the end of this holiday season. Your hand is cramped from writing so many notes, your heart is beating fast, and you don’t...
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Non-Profit Leaders: There is No Shortcut in Major Gifts
Major Gift work is not easy. Yet when I read the headlines of our industry magazines and websites, everyone seems to have either an easy way to do major gifts, or some kind of major gift fundraising...
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You Need ‘Your People’
When I was a development director, there were times that I felt really alone. Especially when I was struggling. I didn’t have many people I could easily bounce ideas off with or talk things through....
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Are You Having Trouble Coming Up with Touch Points?
I have some great practical advice for you. We do a ton of planning at Veritus Group. Right now, we’re working with over 150 major gift officers, so all of them are in some stage of developing their...
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Discipline is Freedom
There is a big banner that drapes down from the ceiling in the gym I go to every day. It says, “Discipline is Freedom.” I think about this concept often and this statement has been our guiding...
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No One is Coming to Save You
No one is coming to save you. No one is going to waltz in your door and take over your life, fix your challenges, get you focused on the right things, and lower your stress. That might sound a bit...
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What Do Major Donors Need to Know in Order to Make a Big Gift?
Veritus Group: December 9, 2024
Among your major donors, there are maybe 2 or 3 individuals who have both the capacity and the inclination to give a transformational gift to your organization. But before they do that, they want to...
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Persistence in the Process
I’m not generally a fan of leader boards. I think they can cause unnecessary competition and anxiety on possibly meaningless KPIs. But. My experience in working with a $100M size organization changed...
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Ignore Communication Preference at Your Peril
There is no doubt that you have your preference in terms of communication. I do. I love texts and email. Clean. Simple. Fast. The great thing about texting and email is you write them, send them, and...
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Don’t Cut Your Budget… Delight Your Donors!
If you are non-profit leader or manager who is concerned with managing expenses and is considering cutting or downsizing your relational fundraising program… think again. Recently, I was reading Seth...
