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Preparing for a High-Impact Fall and Year-End Fundraising Season

Preparing for a High-Impact Fall and Year-End Fundraising Season

Aug 20, 2024

At this point in August, you’ve reached a valuable time in your fundraising cycle: preparing for the fall and year-end season. The months ahead will be busy, and its critical that you focus in on your strategic plan now. In this episode, Debi Dunham, Client Experience Leader at Veritus, and special guest Jarrod Williams, Director of Development for the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, join Jeff to discuss the steps that you can take right now and in the months ahead to set yourself up for a successful year-end fundraising season.

Featured Training Course

Certification Course for Major Gift Fundraisers

Certification Course for Major Gift Fundraisers

Whether you’re a new fundraiser or experienced and looking for new tools and skills, this course is for you. This online course offers comprehensive training in The Veritus Way of major gift fundraising. You will be guided through a progressive learning track which builds upon each topic with engaging media and readings, real-world exercises, and actionable skills. You’ll receive practical applications and tools, as well as a flexible training path that works with your schedule. Participants take 36-42 hours to complete this 8-module self-guided course over a 13-week period

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Featured Whitepaper

Removing Obstacles to Major Gift Fundraising

Removing Obstacles to Major Gift Fundraising

In this paper, we’re sharing some of the most common and avoidable issues we’ve seen – not to embarrass anyone or make you feel bad, but to help you and your organization identify where you need to improve so you can grow and thrive.

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Top Rated Resources

Blog

The Four Steps to Better Donor Meetings Begin with You

It’s here! That donor meeting you’ve been prepping for where you will be asking your donor to increase their giving significantly. This is exhilarating and a bit terrifying all at the same time! Now, because you follow the Veritus approach, you already: Know the...

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....

White Papers

Removing Obstacles to Major Gift Fundraising

Five Avoidable Issues That Are Harming Your Major Gifts Program DOWNLOAD THIS FREE WHITE PAPER FROM VERITUS GROUP What’s preventing your non-profit from seeing greater success in major gifts? In this paper, we’re sharing some of the most common and avoidable issues...

Building a Culture of Philanthropy

Is Your Whole Non-profit Donor-Centered? Download this FREE WHITE PAPER from Veritus Group At Veritus, we believe that if we are to create a true culture of philanthropy in our organizations, donors have to be part of our mission – not a way to get our mission...

Planning Guide for Fall & Year-End Fundraising

When you start to see Pumpkin Spice on the menu, it’s time to start planning for year-end! Download this Free Resource from Veritus Group Year-end is a busy time for every non-profit. (And every donor for that matter!) That’s why being intentional and focused on what...

Podcast

Applying The Veritus Way Internationally!

Did you know that Veritus Group is an international consulting agency, with offices in the UK & Europe (in addition to our US & Canada team)? We often get questions about how The Veritus Way works in different cultural settings, so we...

Training

Certification Course for Major Gift Fundraisers

Certification Course for Major Gift FundraisersIn this comprehensive training, you’ll discover the proven principles of The Veritus Way and how to apply them for major gift success. Participants who complete the course in full will become Veritus Scholars. Whether...

Certification Course for Fundraising Managers and Executives

Certification Course for Fundraising Managers and ExecutivesIn this comprehensive training, you’ll learn the tools and systems that will help you take a disciplined approach to effectively managing your fundraising program in a way that honors your donors and your...

Certification Course in Mid-Level Fundraising

Certification Course in Mid-Level Fundraising Are you losing donors by the hundreds (or maybe even thousands) and feel lost at how to retain your donors and support your major gift and planned giving programs? We believe mid-level is the key. By focusing on your...