The Donor Isn’t Responding
The majority of your major donors are unlikely to respond to you when approached. So find and focus on those that WILL respond.
The Battle of Focus and Choice
Exercise your choices only within your focus area. Don’t get distracted.
Your Two Best Friends
Fundraising works best when you’re in partnership with those who deliver programs and services, and those who track the money. Make them your friends.
Are You Caught in the Chaos?
We love hearing the stories of major gift officers that, despite all the chaos around them, continually meet or exceed their revenue goals. How do they do it?
Are You Meeting Every Week?
If you want success as a major gift fundraiser, you have to be focused and accountable to the work you are doing. Weekly meetings with management will help you to do that.
What Happened in the First Quarter of 2018?
It’s always good at the beginning of April to assess caseload performance against what you expected over the first quarter of the new year.
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Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
