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 | Nov 14, 2022 | Administrative Support, Back Office, Donor Attrition, Value Attrition | Admin Support, Database, Donor Attrition, Fundraising
Have you been back to one of your favorite restaurants post-covid and been utterly dismayed with what’s happened to it? I have. I mean, most of us have some patience and understanding regarding the labor shortage many in the restaurant industry are going through. But...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 19, 2022 | Administrative Support, Fundraisers, Non-Profit Leadership | Admin Support, Fundraising, Leadership
One of the many false beliefs that Richard and I hear all the time from non-profit leaders is that if they could just hire the right frontline fundraiser, the organization would be successful in all their one-to-one donor relationships. The truth of the matter is...
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 | Mar 11, 2022 | Administrative assistants, Administrative Support | Admin Support, Management
There’s a raging controversy going on right now over administrative support for frontline fundraisers, and this just doesn’t make any sense to Jeff and me. The conservative managers and leaders are saying: “A frontline fundraiser does not need admin support to do his...