Follow This Checklist to Prepare for Courageous Conversations
Before you approach a sensitive topic with a colleague, follow this checklist to prepare for an honest and courageous conversation.
Managing Your Fight-or-Flight Response for More Courageous Conversations
To have courageous conversations, you must tune into your body and manage your own reactions as you work toward a collaborative solution.
Setting Boundaries with Donors Fosters Healthy Relationships
You probably would never think of saying “no” to a donor. But in a healthy relationship, sometimes a major gift officer has to set boundaries.
How to Handle Uncomfortable Conversations
A major gift job is personal and intimate, and a MGO is often in situations which can get really uncomfortable if the donor wants to take it there. I’m talking about racial and bigoted comments, sexual innuendo and inappropriate behavior, aggressive statements on...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
