As a major gifts officer, you need to accept that others need to know how much money is coming in. Here’s how you’ll get off track if you don’t manage it.
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Jeff and I place this trait – viewing donors as partners – as a critical piece of a healthy relationship with the donors on your caseload.
If you lose sight of what major gift fundraising is all about – RELATIONSHIPS – you lose, period.
A donation is simply a way a donor transfers their personhood – their essence — toward something they care deeply about. Money transfers values.
Does your donor really not want to give that much, or is there something inside you that is holding you back? Remember, to really serve your donors properly, you have to make that ask.
People have many motivations for wanting to advance in their jobs. When you can tip the balance of your motivations from self to others, then you begin to experience true happiness and fulfillment in your life.
Focus on giving of yourself, rather than trying to acquire things. If you can do it, it will bring you real happiness. Then all you have to do is sit back and watch what happens.
How should you think about money, position and power in your job? They are, after all, important! We believe there are good and practical answers.
