MGOs Stay When Leadership Allows a MGO to Manage UP
Part 5 of a Six-Part Series: Six Reasons Your MGO Will Stay at Your Organization When I talk to MGOs or Development Directors who have a caseload of major donors, and I ask them why they have been in their positions for a long time at a particular organization, one of...How to Help Your CEO Succeed at Major Gifts
Too often we encounter a Director of Development or an MGO who is just exasperated with the CEO or Executive Director of their nonprofit because they don’t want anything to do with major gifts. Richard and I hear story after dreadful story from development...Don’t Be Afraid to Lead
“Just tell me what you’d like me to do, and I’ll do it.” —said the CEO, Board member or volunteer when asked to help in fundraising. As a fundraising professional, you have to be a leader… especially if you are a Director of Development or a Major Gift Officer....Leadership Must Be On Board: Creating a Radical Culture of Philanthropy Part 3
A Culture of Philanthropy From your CEO down to the janitor, your non-profit embraces your donors as central to your mission, as central as your organization’s programs to change the world. Just to recap so far: In this series, we have talked about how YOU need...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
