by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 1, 2019 | Donor goals, Goals, Long-term plan | Planning, Proposals, Transformational Gift
Do you want to know how successful major gift officers help their donors give transformational gifts? By “transformational,” I mean a gift that, for both the donor and the organization, takes the donor’s giving to a completely new level and fundamentally changes the...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 12, 2018 | Communication, Solicitation | Asking, Donor Visits, Proposals
Here is how one major gift officer turned a donor’s gift of $2,600 last year into a gift of $56,500 this year. It all started at a Veritus Group retreat last fall, when one of our client managers shared how one organization she works with listed donor projects...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 5, 2017 | Offers, Passions & Interests, Prices | Asking, Proposals, Strategic Plans
Last week, we were asked why we at Veritus (known as “relationship-oriented” people) used the word “prices” in our discussion of creating donor offers at different dollar amount levels. The question appropriately suggested that the word “price” belongs over there in...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 31, 2017 | emotion, Passions & Interests, Problem-solving | Asking, Communication, Proposals
“Last year more than a million quarter-inch drills were sold – not because buyers wanted quarter-inch drills, but because they wanted quarter-inch holes.” This oft-quoted concept by Theodore Levitt sums up exactly what your focus should be as a major gift fundraiser....