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I don’t know how we think we can avoid it. Our organizations are made up of people with different personalities, expectations, cultural experiences, and communication styles working together 8 hours...
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Our relationship with our own emotions is powerful. It drives how we respond to stressful situations, our actions, our relationships, and our internal dialogue. Yet many of us are taught to and only...
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This post is part-four in a four-part series titled “Reimagining the Non-Profit Workplace” My guess is that right now, either you or someone you know has left or is thinking about leaving their...
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This post is part-three in a four-part series titled “Reimagining the Non-Profit Workplace”
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Fifth in a Six-Part Series: What Should I Do If…?
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To be blunt, the metrics used to evaluate many major gift programs these days don’t make much sense to Richard and me, especially the metrics around how many face-to-face meetings or phone calls you...
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I have to admit that I find it very hard to celebrate anything. It is one of the wounds I carry. I am so focused on doing and reaching objectives that I just forget about stopping to celebrate what...
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One of the biggest errors in asking is to assume that the process is linear, i.e you start at one point and, through a succession of steps, you get to the final conclusion. The steps are all in...
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Maybe you’ve heard that old adage: information tells, emotion sells. I suggest you print that out and put it in front of you when you’re writing, so that you make sure you start with emotion and then...
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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...
