by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 30, 2015 | Evaluation, Forecasting, Greatness, Performance Evaluation | Goal-setting, Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Management, Metrics, Moves Management, Uncategorized
This post is specifically directed to managers of MGOs, and to MGOs who don’t really have a manager. Yeah, I know, you might have someone to report to, but if you’re honest they are not really managing how you do your work. Unfortunately, there seem to be quite a few...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 5, 2015 | expectations, Goals, managers | Goal-setting, Management, Metrics, Uncategorized
In this series of seven posts, you have learned the indispensable categories of work that we at Veritus believe are required for any major gift program to be successful. (You can read all of these together in our free White Paper.) In my last entry, I talked about how...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 26, 2014 | Donor management, Moves Management, Strategy | Goal-setting, Major Gifts, Moves Management, Uncategorized
In this series of seven posts, you will learn the indispensable categories of work that we at Veritus believe are required for any major gift program to be successful. (You can read all of these together in our free White Paper.) In my last entry, I talked about...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 19, 2014 | Fundraising, major gifts, Strategy | Goal-setting, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
I hope you found Part 1 of this series helpful in understanding how goals can go bad. In it, we discussed the negative consequences that will happen if management doesn’t take into account the full picture of what is going on with each portfolio of donors. Whenever we...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 17, 2014 | Fundraising, Management | Goal-setting, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Uncategorized
Goal setting is critical to major gift fundraising. As readers of this blog probably know, Richard and I have been preaching goal setting and strategy as one of the bedrocks of a solid major gift program. Without goals, how would you plan? Without goals, how would you...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 17, 2014 | Strategic Plans, Year-end | Fundraising, Goal-setting, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Uncategorized
Here we are in mid-October, and you have two and a half months until the end of the year to make or exceed your major gift revenue goals. I’m writing to tell you it’s not too late to get it together and finish the year strong. You have time to evaluate, make a plan,...