The Role of Power, Position, and Money in Frontline Fundraising (Part 1)
I’ve had a very interesting personal journey with power, position, and money. I was in 7th grade when I got caught stealing money from the student council store. It was a humiliating and embarrassing situation. I got fired from a job in my early twenties for trying to...
Question of the Month: What holds organizations back from successful fundraising?
The kinds of challenges that hold organizations back from successful fundraising usually stem from the culture or the structure of the organization. Maybe your managers or leaders are slow to change. Or perhaps you’re facing challenges in getting other...
How to Improve Collaboration Across Your Organization to Better Serve Your Donors
Your donors are on an incredible journey with you. They may have been in relationship with your organization for decades, starting out by giving through direct mail, then giving through their business, volunteering, serving on your board, attending events, making...
Breaking Out of Organizational Silos
In our last blog post, I talked about how the culture of an organization, through its systems and structure, can breed organizational silos. These rifts create mistrust and territorial behaviors between departments. When the organization loses sight of the donor, it...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
