How to Start a Major Gift Program
Ever since we started writing the Passionate Giving Blog we’ve received a lot of communication from folks who want to know how to start a major gift program. Most of these development professionals are working in small to medium sized non-profits and they just don’t...Six Ways to Do What’s Expected in Major Gifts
In the world of “Doing What’s Expected,” there’s bound to be some element of disappointment, failure, misunderstanding, hiding and frustration. But there is also joy, when it all works right. If you go home at night with the feeling of having missed the mark in your...MGOs Stay When Leadership Allows a MGO to Manage UP
Part 5 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization When I talk to MGOs or Development Directors who have a caseload of major donors, and I ask them why they have been in their positions for a long time at a particular organization, one of...MGOs Stay When They Can Change the World
Part 3 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization Your major gift officers want to change the world. And they want to do it through the mission of your organization. If you sat down with great MGOs who are with an organization for a long...MGOs Stay When They Feel Important and Supported
Part 2 of a Six-Part Series on Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization Have you ever been picked last to participate in a team sport? Were you ever left out of activities that the “in” group was involved in? Have you ever been left out of a meeting of...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
