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The Deeper Reason Your Donor Gives
Every person has a story. Every donor on your caseload has one too—a journey that has shaped their passions, their values, and their deep desire to feel significant. At the heart of giving is a...
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How to Unlock a Transformational Gift This Year
I want to let you in on something I’ve been seeing again and again in our coaching sessions with fundraisers this year. You have transformational donors in your caseload right now. They’re sitting...
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Why Age Doesn't Matter in Major Gift Fundraising
Let me be straight with you – I'm worried. I'm worried because I see too many good fundraisers getting distracted by the wrong things. And right at the top of that list is this obsession with donor...
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How AI Is Influencing Major Gifts Fundraising
At the end of 2024, I recorded a podcast with my colleagues about the state of relational fundraising and the new strategies and tools we believe will be useful in the non-profit sector. One of the...
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What Major Gift Success Looks Like
To create a successful major gifts program, it is essential for MGOs and their managers to establish clear plans and goals, and maintain strong communication. This approach forms the foundation for...
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Six Surprising Attributes of Extraordinary MGOs
When you’ve been coaching and working with major gift officers for as long as I have, you meet a lot of good ones and, unfortunately, some pretty bad ones. But throughout my career, I’ve also had the...
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Are You Asking Your Donors “Why” Enough?
Why does your donor love your organization so much? Have you sat down with your donor and really listened to their answer? If they said something like, “Well, I just think you do a great job,” did...
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The Best Podcast Episodes and Blogs of 2024!
Veritus Group: December 30, 2025
Here's a recap of our favorite podcast episodes, blogs, and other resources that you might have missed over 2024 to help you raise more revenue for your mission. Best of the Nothing But Major Gifts...
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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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You Can Have More Major Donors in 2025
We are absolutely living in strange times. Many have coined it the second “Gilded Age.” We see power in the hands of extremely wealthy billionaires and the gulf between the wealthiest and the poorest...
