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How “NO” Can Lead to “YES”
I used to hate the word “no”. Everywhere I turned people were telling me no. I have to confess that I was a pretty rebellious kid. I had trouble with authority figures, which explains why they...
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What’s Your “December Plan” for Major Donors?
It’s December, and you are coming down to the wire on whether or not you will meet your year-end goals. For major gift fundraisers, this is such an amazing (yet stressful) time.
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Time to Plan: #3 – Refresh Your Caseload
As a major gift officer, you are delivering two values. First, you are delivering value to the donor by helping her fulfill her interests and passions through her giving to your organization. Second,...
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Time to Plan: #2 – Planning for the New Year
2016 is just days away. It is not too early to start planning how you’ll be successful in the coming calendar year.
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Time to Plan: #1 – Year End Strategy
This is the first of a three-part series. We’re into December already, and there are plenty of distractions pulling you away from your caseload.
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Seven Ways MGOs Can Avoid Burnout
I talk to many major gift officers, development professionals and non-profit executives every week. Perhaps it’s the time of year, or the stage in their careers, but I’m hearing from a large portion...
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Keep the Donor Pipeline Flowing
We at Veritus Group are passionate about major gifts (you may have guessed that from the majority of our blog posts). About a year and a half ago, we branched out to start developing strategies to...
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Wishful Thinking in Major Gifts
It is an amazing thing to watch – truly amazing. Some authority figure casually decides to hire a MGO to chase what Jeff and I would call “ghosts and rabbits.” It’s wishful thinking at its best – and...
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Breaking Through the Story You Created in Your Head
I just don’t know what it is, but lately I’ve been working with many MGOs who are really struggling with confidence. Either they’ve recently had a bad experience with a donor, or a donor just doesn’t...
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Manipulation Never Works
If you have attended one of the many trainings of nationally recognized major gift gurus, you have likely learned many techniques and strategies on how to approach major donors. Much of this material...
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Setting Boundaries with Donors
I think if there is one thing that you’ve heard us say more than anything in the Passionate Giving Blog it’s that you need to establish solid relationships with your donors. There is no question...
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More Non-Profits Will Value Donors as Partners: #1 Trend to Watch in 2015
There are going to be some changes this year that will be good for donors and bad for unenlightened managers and CEOs of non-profits. As Jeff and I have looked at the fundraising landscape with a...
