What Planned Giving Needs to Know about Major Gifts
Third in a Series: Culture of Collaboration Here’s an interesting thing about planned giving: most planned giving programs solely focus on future giving. This is good, to a point, in that the work of the Planned Giving Officer (PGO) is mostly about what legacy the...
Lack of Collaboration Causes Failure
First in a Three-Part Series: Culture of Collaboration Everyone knows that working together causes efficiency, effectiveness, and success. Yet working together is an elusive concept in most relationships, both personal and business. Why? Ego. Yep. That’s it. Someone...
What If I’m Trying to Promote Better Collaboration Between Departments?
Fourth in a Six-Part Series: What Should I Do If…? Something happens in almost every non-profit where, over time, we lose focus. And as the non-profit grows, it breaks down into departments or siloes that forget to communicate with one another. The ultimate loser in...
Working Together – There Is No Other Choice!
Several months ago I was sitting at a conference table, fruitlessly trying to convince the Director of Direct Response Marketing to continue the mid-level program we were working on together. We were conducting a pilot program with this particular organization, and we...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
