What is the ‘Yes’?
What is the ‘yes’ your donor can offer? I recently listened to a Life Kit segment on NPR’s All Things Considered program on the topic of tips for lending money to friends and family. The hot take was, don’t. It can complicate relationships. Well, yes. The...
How Does Your Organization Think About Fundraising? (#2 of 6)
This blog post is the second in a series of six titled, “The House Your Donor Lives In.” I’m sure you’ve been in a home where the occupants each have a different view on how things should be done. There’s a different view on when and what to eat; a...
Question of the Month: How do you make it feel safe to move from a transactional fundraising model to a relational model?
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...
No Program Information, No Program Money
“Do you want the money?” the frontline fundraiser said to the program person. “Do you want more money to continue your program?” she clarified with additional emphasis and urgency. And when the program person wagged his head in agreement, she added: “Then give me the...
How Much Does Your Salary Matter? The Role of Power, Position, and Money (Part 3)
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about using power to serve others – not yourself. In Part 2 we covered position and authority – and how it matters in the use of your labor. Now, let’s talk about money and salary. All of energy and details of getting into a higher...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
