MGOs Leave When the Job Doesn’t Fit
Sixth in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization There are many reasons a MGO will leave an organization. I put the reasons or circumstances into three categories: Push Factors – those reasons that push the MGO out. I have outlined most of these...
MGOs Will Leave a Culture that Focuses on Money vs The Cause
First in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization It’s a sad reality: MGOs don’t stay very long in most organizations. In fact, the average length of their stay is 2½ years, with many MGOs leaving sooner than that. That’s why Jeff and I are going...
What’s Wrong with These Definitions?
“Explain what you mean,” I said. And he tried to do it again. I had asked a Director of Development to define the various forms of fundraising for me. It was a friendly conversation, but I was trying to make a point. So we continued the discussion and even looked up...Major Gifts: A Thing of the Heart – Introduction
I was listening to her tell her story. A single mom and her small child in trouble, they were helped by this nonprofit. She told me where they lived, how they both had been abused by a very controlling man, how she had tried to run away and was caught and beaten. And...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
