The Four “Must Haves” in Major Gifts
The lady came up to me at a conference I was speaking at and said: “Richard, we are thinking of starting a major gift program. We’re having a lot of internal discussion about what is minimally needed to start a successful program. What do you think?” It was an easy...
We Are All Connected
For the majority of my fundraising career I worked to help non-profits raise money through direct-response marketing. I loved it. I loved the discipline and the creativity about it. Mainly, I loved realizing the almost instantaneous results. That is the beauty of...The Wisest Words Ever Uttered by a Non-Profit CEO
Recently, I was at a fundraising workshop in Richmond, Virginia. We were hosted by the local PBS station and 100 non-profit executive directors and development directors were in attendance. To welcome everyone, the CEO of the local Richmond PBS station, Curtis Monk,...Six Things Your Boss Wants More Than Anything
I’ve been in a ton of meetings recently with Executive Directors, CEOs and Development Directors, and they all seem to heave a collective sigh when talking about their major gift officers. That collective sigh is followed by something like this, “I just wish my MGOs...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
