by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 16, 2017 | MGOs, Passion, Procrastination | Major Gifts, Management, Structure
At Veritus Group, we have worked with many major gift officers. When we ask them how they’re doing with meeting and deepening their relationships with donors, we often get a response like this: “Well, I haven’t been having much donor contact; I’m just not finished...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 12, 2017 | MGOs, structure | Goal-setting, Management, Qualifying
I’m going to describe for you the state of one organization’s major gift program, as we began working with them a few years ago. I think it will highlight what’s going on with thousands of other organization’s major gift programs… and quite possibly yours. Okay, so...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 27, 2017 | Data, MGOs, Philantrophy | Data, Major Donors
What if I told you that you could increase your major gift revenue by thousands of dollars, and all you had to do was clean up your database? Yep, this is what can happen when you take the time to “clean up” and straighten out your data issues. How do I know this? Let...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 27, 2015 | Environment, MGOs, Retention | Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Management, Uncategorized
I was recently a guest panelist for Greater Public Media’s annual development conference in Washington, D.C. The topic was how to hire and retain great major gift officers. It’s a great subject. It was the last session on a gorgeous afternoon, and the room was packed…...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 22, 2015 | MGOs, Stress, Vacation | Major Gift Officers, Non-Profits, Overworked, Uncategorized
Most of us equate summertime with taking a vacation. But many of us don’t take one. In fact, in a survey just taken by the U.S. Travel Association, 4 out of 10 Americans are not going to take all of their vacation days. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...