by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 22, 2021 | Administrative assistants, Administrative Support, administrative work | Admin Support, Fundraising, Hiring
This post originally appears on the Passionate Giving Blog on October 20, 2014. I have to admit that I’m pretty worked up. Recently, I’ve been hearing about good major gift officers (MGOs) who are being sucked into a vacuum of despair. What’s causing this? The...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 28, 2021 | Administrative Support, Back Office, Economics of Major Gifts | Donor Attrition, Value Attrition
Nope. Never. Not going to happen. Won’t happen. Can’t happen. Not true. It’s truly unbelievable to Jeff and me that smart, competent non-profit leaders can’t embrace the fact that a good major gifts program works and is worth the investment. These are the people I...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 23, 2021 | Administrative Support, Back Office, Economics of Major Gifts | Admin Support
Many speakers, consultants, and category experts write and speak a great deal about the “donor-facing” side of major gifts, but hardly anyone talks about the back end. But we need to. Without a fully functional and donor-sensitive back office, all the work on the...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 3, 2017 | Administrative Support, Donor Offers, Donor Research | Major Gift Officers, Structure
It was an interesting discussion. We were sitting with personnel from a very large international non-profit, talking about what constitutes a winning major gift team. This organization has almost 90 MGOs now, and they plan to grow their...