Keeping It Short, Simple and Donor Centered
In my last post, we talked about being appropriately persistent in your relationship with your caseload donor, worrying more about the relevance of your content with that donor than the frequency of your communication. In other words, make sure you are providing your...How is Your First Quarter of 2015?
Over the last four years, we have often asked you to do a “check-in” on your major gift caseload progress at this time of year. Why? Because after three months of activity in the new year, you start to develop convictions, patterns and revelations about your caseload...Do Your Words Really Matter?
One of my pet peeves is sitting with someone who is just chattering away about certain values and positions – but they really have no intention of actually acting on any of those values or the positions that they are taking. It is just words flowing out of their...YOU Must Sweat the Small Stuff
You know that philosophy, “Don’t sweat the small stuff”? For most things it’s a smart way to live. But not in major gift fundraising. Today, I want YOU to sweat the small stuff. In major gift fundraising, most of the focus seems to be on the big stuff… long-range...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
