by Veritus Group | Aug 30, 2024 | Fundraising, Non-Profit Leadership, Non-profit Management | Fundraising, Leadership, Major Gifts, Management
In our consulting work, we see a lot of the same issues come up that are preventing non-profits from seeing greater success in major gifts. So for this Question of the Month, we’re sharing some of the most common and avoidable issues we’ve seen – not to embarrass...
by Jeff Schreifels | Jul 5, 2024 | Change, Corporate Culture, Culture Change, Culture of Philanthropy, Non-Profit Leadership, Organization Culture | Culture of Philanthropy, Leadership, Management
Many non-profit organizations fail to realize that their mission to make the world a better place starts with their own internal culture. When staff are overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated, you’ll see high turnover and low morale. But how do you begin to address...
by Karen Kendrick | Jun 7, 2024 | Communication, Empathy, mistakes, Non-Profit Leadership | Communication, Executive Directors, Leadership, Management, Personal Development
Being a good leader doesn’t mean you have to be perfect. On the contrary, the one top tested behavior when it comes to positively impacting your team’s job satisfaction and plan to stay is your ability to admit when you are wrong. Previously, research across...
by Guest Contributor | Apr 10, 2024 | CRM, Database, Donor Database, Priorities | Communication, Data, Database, Management, Performance, Prioritizing
Yes, I know the phrase is “can’t see the forest for the trees,” and it calls out how we can get so wrapped up in the details that we can’t see the situation as a whole. But the opposite is also true, and it’s a significant problem in relationship management...
by Karen Kendrick | Apr 3, 2024 | Employee Management, Leaders, Non-Profit Leadership, Non-profit Management, Transformational Gifts | Communication, Curiousity, Executive Directors, High Givers, Leadership, Management
Leaders, I know that it can feel like a tricky balancing act. How do you push for your fundraisers to make bigger asks without pressuring them into a transactional approach with donors? Let’s say you just heard that a donor gave half a million dollars to the...
by Richard Perry | Feb 23, 2024 | Donor-Centered, Job Description, Job Descriptions, Management, Non-profit leaders, Non-Profit Leadership, Non-profit Management | Executive Directors, Fundraising, Hiring and Retaining Staff, Leadership, Management
If the main purpose of a non-profit is to address a societal problem, then it follows that securing the resources to address that problem is the other major objective. I talked about this in a blog I wrote earlier this year. But why does securing the resources...