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You’re Going to Be Okay: A Year-End Reminder

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You’re Going to Be Okay: A Year-End Reminder

Okay, you’re in it. This is probably the most stressful time of the year with your work. Well, I guess if you add on all the holidays and all that goes with it, it feels like piling on.

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Are You Focused on the Right Donors?

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Are You Focused on the Right Donors?

Many years ago, I was working with an MGO to help create her donor portfolio. We were going through a process called the “gut check” to separate which donors were actually qualified from those that...

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Soaking Up Fall: 5 Donor Strategies You Don’t Want to Forget!

I know there are people who relish the summer. Loading it with expectations of all manner of possibilities. They get a sinking feeling as sunsets start earlier in the evening and the air begins to...

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Changing Your Major Gifts Program from Transactional to Relational

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Changing Your Major Gifts Program from Transactional to Relational

I was told about this experiment back in 1986, and it has stuck with me all these years. A teacher was given false information about the IQ and abilities of her classroom students. This changed her...

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Get Your Hands Dirty

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Get Your Hands Dirty

You probably know how large companies recruit junior executives fresh from a college MBA program. The outsider’s perception is that management immediately gives all new MBAs a beautiful office,...

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How to Secure Board Members Who Really Work

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How to Secure Board Members Who Really Work

Complaints about board members never seem to stop. To list: “I can’t get my board members to solicit donors.” “My board won’t come to events and talk to donors about what we do.”

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Fundraising Results on the Decline? It’s Time to Examine Your Paradigm

Today’s guest blog post was written by Diana Frazier, Senior Client Experience Leader at Veritus Group.

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What It Means to Win in Fundraising: Lessons from the Olympic Games

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What It Means to Win in Fundraising: Lessons from the Olympic Games

If I told you, “You’re a winner!” How would that sit with you? Would it make you feel uncomfortable? Like a fraud? Unsure if you deserved it? So many of us have a messy relationship with success and...

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How to Love Your Donors After You Leave

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How to Love Your Donors After You Leave

Sometime in the next several years, most major gift officers, like you, will leave your non-profit to work for someone else. In fact, today you and your colleagues are moving from one non-profit to...

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