Top Challenges Managing MGOs – Part One
The first of a two-part series about four areas where managers find challenges when they are managing MGOs and a major gift program.
The first of a two-part series about four areas where managers find challenges when they are managing MGOs and a major gift program.
Too often, management inserts itself into the major gift forecast process with expectations that cannot (in full) be delivered on.
Who cares about forecasts and budgets for major gifts? Certainly a MGO should, because it creates one basis for your job evaluation.
Are your MGOs working with too many donors who don’t respond to them? Is your return on investment unacceptably low? There IS an answer. Here’s the secret!
The very sad thing is that some managers should not be in their jobs.
If you want to literally chase your MGO out the door, keep changing the rules of engagement. That will do the job.