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Managing Your Fight-or-Flight Response for More Courageous Conversations

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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

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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 Leadership Is NOT Entirely on Board with a Donor-Centered Program?

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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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Do You Understand the Major Gift Pipeline?

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Do You Understand the Major Gift Pipeline?

Second in a Series: Unhealthy Major Gift Practices Earlier this year I wrote about the major gift pipeline – the concept that everything that happens in fundraising in an organization should be...

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Permission-Based Asking: The Alignment Circle

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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How to Transition a Mid-Level Donor to a Major Gift Officer

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How to Transition a Mid-Level Donor to a Major Gift Officer

How do you take a donor that a mid-level gift officer has been working with and hand him over to a major gift officer? Our team at Veritus gets this question all the time, because not only do we help...

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Here's What MGOs Should Do in January

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Here's What MGOs Should Do in January

Back in November I wrote about what you should be doing in December to finish strong. I really hope it’s going well. Today, I want to suggest what you can do in January that will set the stage for an...

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Time to Plan: #3 – Refresh Your Caseload

As a major gift officer, you are delivering two values. First, you are delivering value to the donor by helping her fulfill her interests and passions through her giving to your organization. Second,...

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Time to Plan: #2 – Planning for the New Year

2016 is just days away. It is not too early to start planning how you’ll be successful in the coming calendar year.

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