It’s a New Year – What Is Your Caseload Donor Thinking?
Your caseload donor has been making some new year’s resolutions. You know she has. And they likely include a review of her giving in 2018 and her relationship to the various organizations she donates to. What is she thinking? Likely, it goes one of two ways, as it...
Respecting Your Donor Builds Healthy Relationships
Fourth in the series: Six Traits of Healthy Donor Relationships I was with a man several weeks ago who gave me all the outer signs of respect but who, in reality, did not respect me at all. Here is what that looked like and how it felt. When I emailed him to book a...Things Major Donors Love/Hate: Thanking & Appreciating vs. Not Being Valued
You’ve had the experience – you do something for someone and nothing comes back. Silence. Crickets. I had the experience just last week. I honestly did not set out to GET something for taking an action that should have generated an appreciative response. I just did it...
The Important Back End of Major Gifts
One of our blog readers recently commented that many speakers, consultants and category experts write and speak a great deal about the “donor-facing” side of major gifts, but hardly anyone talks about the back end. Good point. Without a fully functional and...TOP RATED PODCAST
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