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What MGO’s Should Do in January
We've recently talked a lot about resolutions and goals for 2026, but today, I want to suggest what you can do in January that will set the stage for an incredible 2026. Your theme for January should...
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Stop Treating Your Fundraisers Like They're Disposable
As I now have moved into my 60s, I have much more patience about things than I did when I was in my 30s or 40s… except a couple of big things—stupidity and injustice. Especially as it relates to how...
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The Top 3 Ways Non-Profit CEOs Can Lead and Empower Their Fundraisers
Folks, I've been on the road again lately, crisscrossing the world and talking with non-profit leaders from all walks of life. And let me tell you something I've noticed time and again – the...
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Why Investing in Management and Training Leads to Non-Profit Success
I’ve spent decades working with fundraisers, development teams, and non-profit leaders across the country, and if there’s one lesson I keep learning, it’s this: when you invest in your people through...
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Fear and Trembling: The Current Non-Profit Crisis
The non-profit industry is coming up against another crisis. With the latest freeze on government funding for many agencies, we will start to see a ripple effect down to the everyday non-profit...
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Do You Know What Makes or Breaks a Great Non-Profit?
Development Directors are the unsung heroes of a non-profit. Over the years of working on major gifts (and by that, I mean mid-level, major, and planned giving), Richard and I have developed the...
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Value Over Time
There is a high turnover rate in relationship fundraisers. Statistics tell us, most leave within an average of 18 months. There are a lot of reasons for that… But for those that stay, there is a...
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Non-Profit Leaders: There is No Shortcut in Major Gifts
Major Gift work is not easy. Yet when I read the headlines of our industry magazines and websites, everyone seems to have either an easy way to do major gifts, or some kind of major gift fundraising...
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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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When You Can’t See the Trees for the Forest - Veritus Group
Yes, I know the phrase is “can’t see the forest for the trees,” and it calls out how we can get so wrapped up in the details that we can’t see the situation as a whole. But the opposite is also true,...
