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Everyone Needs a Coach
Our culture celebrates self-reliance. We have this admiration for the “self-made…fill in the blank.” The problem is that while we have bought into it, it’s a myth. No one I’ve ever met is a self-made...
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Accountability (2)
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Accountability Is the Silver Bullet
For years, I really didn’t like someone following up and asking me if I did something I said I was going to do. But, while I didn’t like it, I appreciated it, because having people in my life to hold...
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Why Is It So Easy to Get Off Track?
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...
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What If Leadership Is NOT Entirely on Board with a Donor-Centered Program?
First in a Series: What Should I Do If…? A Six-Part Series Inspired by You
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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 bounce ideas off easily. And at that time, it wasn’t...
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Finding that Elusive Big Gift
Whenever I attend a fundraising conference there is always at least one major gift seminar about how to find a donor who can give a six or seven figure gift. In fact, just a couple of weeks ago I was...
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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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The Ideal Composition of a Caseload
Things are not going well for you as an MGO. You feel as though you are not managing your donors properly or, in many ways, you could be managing them better. You are behind in revenue and it’s time...
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The Economics of Major Gift Fundraising Series #4 – Credit – Who Gets It?
Let me say, right at the top, that the MGO gets all the credit for revenue from any donor on his or her caseload with the exception of planned gifts IF a PGO was involved. There are a lot of people...
