by Jeff Schreifels | Jan 31, 2024 | Admin support, Administrative Support, Focus, support, Teams, Teamwork | Admin Support, Focus, Fundraising, Management, Overworked, Teamwork
A couple weeks ago, Richard sent me a note saying I had to see this post on LinkedIn and write about it. So I went to read the post, which shows two pie charts comparing what people think fundraisers do all day (100% fundraising), versus the reality of all the...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 15, 2022 | Admin support, Administrative Support, Overhead | Admin Support, Management, Overhead
Many non-profit leaders don’t believe in spending money on administrative support for fundraisers. But the truth is, the cost of admin support is a drop in the bucket compared to the revenue you’re losing if your fundraisers are focused on other things instead of...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 6, 2018 | Admin support, Donor Pipeline, Program packaging | Programs, Structure, systems
So far, in this series on major gift structure, we have established that: Many organizations wrongly create structure around talent. There is a tendency to organize around similar activities or strategy. Often an authority figure “just decides” what the structure...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 31, 2017 | Admin support | Leadership, Management
An article written by Autumn Arnett in Education Dive supports our long-held belief that major gift officers are not getting the administrative and other support they need to be effective. I’m grateful that one of our colleagues passed this on to us. The article was...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 14, 2016 | Admin support, leadership | Donor-Centered, Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Management, Uncategorized
Part 4 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization Do you want to keep your good MGOs? Do you want to create a place for them where they thrive? Well then, will you allow your MGO(s) to be donor-centered? I have a new MGO that I’m helping...