Is It Time to Ask for In-Person Donor Meetings?
We recently hosted a live Q and A webinar where Richard and I asked participants to send in their question related to fundraising during COVID. One question we got was about whether to start asking donors to meet in-person again. This fundraiser was experiencing what...
Not in Person? You Can Still Ask for a Gift!
We know from personal experience that asking a donor for a gift when you’re sitting across the table from them is one of the most exciting and inspiring things you can do as a front-line fundraiser. After presenting your donor with an offer THEY are passionate about,...
15 Questions to Help You Go Deeper with Donors
To be a great major gift officer, we believe you must be curious about your donors. Why? Because your job is understanding their passions and interests and why they have them. This will help you discover, out of all your projects and programs, what will inspire them...
Make it Meaningful: 3 Questions to Help Move Your Donor Relationship Forward
To be blunt, the metrics used to evaluate many major gift programs these days don’t make much sense to Richard and me. Especially the metrics around how many face-to-face meetings or phone calls you need to make every month with the donors in your portfolio. We find...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
