Patience is Revolutionary
Everything is full speed ahead. At least it feels that way. You know how they say as you get older time seems to go faster? When you’re a kid, summer seems to last forever. Now, at age 59, summer, to me, goes by way too fast. Our culture is either leading this effort...
How to Deal with an Onion Donor
Don’t worry – Veritus hasn’t turned into a cooking blog! Today we’re talking about human onions. Everyone has onions in their lives. Those are the people with the tough outer shell, where it’s hard to peel back the layers. It’s not just that they’re introverted – they...
It’s Not About You
I was recently talking to the CEO of a large non-profit. She was very frustrated with her major gift manager because he could not, in her words “get his frontline fundraisers to manage their interactions with donors in the right way.” I pressed for more information....
Fundraising Results on the Decline? It’s Time to Examine Your Paradigm
Today’s guest blog post was written by Diana Frazier, Senior Client Experience Leader at Veritus Group. One of the New York Times commentators I read regularly brought up the term “paradigm blindness.” He was using it in a discussion on the deep political divide...
Everyone Is Trying to Crack the Code
Disasters, events, workplace giving and membership donors…everyone is trying to crack the code on how to turn these “transactional donors” into “transformational donors.” I have the answer. But you are not going to like it. You’re not going to like it because while...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
