by Jeff Schreifels | Jan 22, 2024 | Donor-Centered, Job Performance, Meaningful Connections, Metrics, Performance Evaluation | Data, Donor-Centered, Evaluation, Meaningful Connections, Metrics
Something that has been irritating me lately is that I’m hearing how non-profits, worried that 2023 was not as good financially, are going back to using old metrics to “manage” frontline fundraisers. It seems that we cannot learn from the past, so we have to continue...
by Jeff Schreifels | Oct 11, 2023 | Donor Communication, Meaningful Connections, The Veritus Way | Donor Conversation, Meaningful Connections, The Veritus Way
I was talking to a major gift officer the other day who was telling me how taking our fundraising courses has changed her career and made a huge impact on her organization. She shared all about how she’s implemented The Veritus Way into her work, and how hard,...
by Veritus Group | Jul 7, 2023 | Fundraisers, Fundraising, Meaningful Connections, Professional Development, Training | Fundraising, Jobs, Professional Development, The Veritus Way, Training
Today’s Client Corner article features an interview with Maureen Gregory, Director of Leadership Gifts for Freestore Foodbank. As Maureen Gregory tells it, she “fell into fundraising.” Just out of school, she was working as a waitress when a fellow restaurant...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 29, 2022 | Authenticity, Meaningful Connections, Personal Development, Vulnerability | Meaningful Connections, Personal Development, Professional Development
We all have a desire to connect with others. Yet, we’re afraid to. As small children, we felt free to be our true selves. Then, something happened. Bullying, shaming, abandonment, or tragedy happens, and we learn to protect ourselves by not letting others see...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 28, 2022 | Fundraising Events, Meaningful Connections, Transactional Fundraising | Events, Fundraising, Major Gifts
This is the second post in a 4-part series on “Why the Healthcare Sector Has to Focus on Major Gifts Now!” I think the greatest positive change that the pandemic has brought to the non-profit sector is that we were forced to move away from events-based fundraising as...