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Gut Check: Everyone Needs to Do It
I recently renovated my home office. What a project. Just getting ready took a full week. I moved everything out and committed to purging and not bringing anything back in that I didn’t use or love....
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How Should You Spend Your Fundraising Budget? (#5 of 6)
This blog post is the fifth in a series of six titled, “The House Your Donor Lives In.”
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18 Barriers to Effective Relational Fundraising
Every non-profit organization I’ve encountered has some kind of barrier that prevents a donor from freely giving to their heart’s content to that organization.
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Founder Q&A: Is The Veritus Way Relevant to Any Fundraising Strategy?
Veritus Group: September 22, 2023
When we talk about The Veritus Way™, we’re referring to our proven approach and structure for relational fundraising that’s focused on making meaningful connections with your donors. But does The...
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Have You Discovered the BEST Strategy for Mid-Level and Major Gifts Success?
When Richard asked me if I wanted to join his major gift consultancy back in 2009, he had already established the backbone of the strategy, structure, and process of what we now call The Veritus Way...
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New National Major Gift Revenue Numbers: 2022 Down Over 4% from 2021, but Veritus Clients Are UP 22%! Why?
I just finished reading several blogs and reflections from AFP-ICON, which just wrapped up in New Orleans, and it sounds like people are extremely nervous! Why? Because a recent report by the...
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Find the Planned Gifts Buried in Your Database: How to discover millions of dollars in gifts you didn’t know were there
If you have a data set of 10,000 donors who have been giving for at least ten years and have made a gift within the past three years, I’d bet you have about 67-81 donors (with an average of 74) with...
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Managing Your Fight-or-Flight Response for More Courageous Conversations - Veritus Group
As a leader, when someone on your team is being territorial and difficult, it’s a good idea to pause and think about why. Possibly, like Jeff just talked about in his previous two blogs, it has to do...
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Truth Bomb #4: Major Gifts is Your Highest Net Revenue Generator
Fourth in a six-part series: Truth Bombs About Major Gifts You cannot start or invest in a major gift program and see immediate results. The problem in our industry is that non-profit leaders and...
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What If I Can’t Get a Donor to Talk to Me?
Fifth in a Six-Part Series: What Should I Do If…?
