by Jeff Schreifels | Jun 14, 2023 | Board of Directors, Non-Profit Leadership, Work Your Plan | Board of Directors, Executive Directors, Leadership, Management, Planning, The Veritus Way
Last month, I had the privilege of presenting our donor analysis and The Veritus Way to a new client’s leadership and board development committee. They had recently hired us. But in a span of just three months, their Executive Director, Development Director, and Major...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 12, 2013 | Board of Directors, Impact, leadership | Boards, Major Gifts, Mission, Uncategorized
Most of the time, when I ask non-profit leaders what their boards are like, they give me pretty negative answers. And some of their answers can be downright dreadful. Because Richard and I normally work with executive leadership and major gift officers, admittedly...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 9, 2013 | Board of Directors, Non-Profits, Passion, Philanthropy | Major Gifts, Mission, Non-Profits, Uncategorized
I told a big lie. I told you that this was going to be a two-part series. Well, the more I thought about it, this really seemed like a three-part series. So, while Richard and I have never done this before, I’m changing this up in mid-stream. I hope you’ll forgive...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 7, 2013 | Board of Directors, Non-Profits, Passion | Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Non-Profits, Uncategorized
I will admit to you that I’ve been critical of boards in this blog. I guess that is because I’m with non-profit leaders and MGOs so much that I see how they struggle mightily to get their boards “on board” in helping them with major gifts. Now, I’m not going to say...