by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 7, 2021 | Donor Communiication, Donor meetings, Meaningful Connections | Asking, Major Donors, Permission-Based Asking
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,...
by Jeff Schreifels | Dec 22, 2023 | Best Practices, Meaningful Connections, Reporting Back, Thanking | Donor-Centered, Meaningful Connections, Relationships, Thanking, Touch Points
Your donors don’t have time for you – until they do. How do you get to that “until they do” point in the relationship with your donor? You have to stand out. Your donor probably has five to six other organizations that are trying to capture their attention in the same...
by Jeff Schreifels | Jun 16, 2023 | Major Gift Officers, Meaningful Connections, Transactional Giving, Transformational giving | Donor Visits, Donor-Centered, Metrics
Most donors don’t want to meet with you. In fact, we’ve helped manage thousands of major gift portfolios over the years, and from that experience, we believe only 15-20 donors in a portfolio of 150 qualified donors will actually want meet face-to-face with you....
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 22, 2020 | leadership, Management, Meaningful Connections | Donor Visits, Donor-Centered, Metrics
Most donors don’t want to meet with you. In fact, we’ve helped manage thousands of major gift portfolios over the years, and from that experience we believe only 15-20 donors in a portfolio of 150 qualified donors will actually want meet face to face with you. “What?”...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Apr 15, 2020 | Meaningful Connections, Plan for every donor | Events, Metrics
“When will we get back to normal again?” This is what I’m hearing from many people as we enter the fifth week of this intense crisis in the US. Richard and I have been talking daily over the last month, and we’re pondering: what are we learning from all this? what has...