by Jeff Schreifels | Jan 22, 2024 | Donor-Centered, Job Performance, Meaningful Connections, Metrics, Performance Evaluation | Data, Donor-Centered, Evaluation, Meaningful Connections, Metrics
Something that has been irritating me lately is that I’m hearing how non-profits, worried that 2023 was not as good financially, are going back to using old metrics to “manage” frontline fundraisers. It seems that we cannot learn from the past, so we have to continue...
by Guest Contributor | Jan 12, 2024 | Donor Journey, Organization, Strategic Plan | Donor-Centered, Major Gift Officers, Planning, Strategic Plans
I want to be frank with you. I love what I get to be a part of in my role as a Client Experience Leader with Veritus. We partner with non-profit organizations doing amazing work all around the world. The joy our team expresses when we share a win in our Slack...
by Jeff Schreifels | Jan 8, 2024 | Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Long-term thinking, Patience, Persistence | Culture of Philanthropy, Donor-Centered, Focus, Fundraising, Relationships
Well, it’s a new year! And as we welcome the new year, it’s a time for reflection, anticipation, and, most importantly, recommitment to your core values as fundraiser. Here at Veritus Group, the stories I’ve heard over the past year from our team are both...
by Veritus Group | Dec 29, 2023 | Change Management, Management, Relationship Fundraising, Transactional Fundraising, Transactional Giving, Transformational Gifts | Culture of Philanthropy, Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Management, Money, Relationships
When you’re leading change, it can create anxiety for some on your team. If your fundraising program has always followed a more transactional approach, when you introduce a relational model, your fundraisers may wonder how they’re going to be measured now, if not by...
by Richard Perry | Dec 4, 2023 | Back to Basics, Blocks to Progress, Bold Asks, Donor Communication, Thanking | Communication, Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Thanking, The Veritus Way
It must be embedded in the nature of human beings that we get bored with the basic, the tried and true, the regular thing – that we always are drawn to the shiny object that catches our eye and makes an immediate impression on all those around us. What is it that...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 8, 2023 | Donor-Centered, Increased Giving, Joy, Stewardship | Asking, Communication, Donor-Centered, Giving, Major Gift Officers, Relationships, Stewardship
OK, not as catchy as Katy Perry’s 2008 debut single, but hopefully it got your attention! One of the things we tell gift officers again and again is: don’t make decisions for your donors. Don’t let a comment from a year ago about giving or an offhand remark about the...