by Guest Contributor | Apr 17, 2023 | Donor Communication, Obstacles, Storytelling, touch points | Communication, Relationships, Storytelling, Touch Points
From a young age, my mother impressed upon me the importance of the stories we tell ourselves. She’d had a hard life and had overcome much difficulty simply by changing her outlook, or the story she told herself about what she’d been through. It’s a trait I’ve taken...
by Karen Kendrick | Jan 14, 2022 | Individual Goals, Individual plans, Obstacles | Caseloads, Planning, Strategic Plans
Many times, when you start creating strategic donor plans, you realize there are critical pieces of information missing that would help you know what goal to set and plan to make but you know that conversation won’t be able to happen immediately. Yikes. You know you...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 12, 2014 | Blocks to Progress, Change Management, Donors, Managing, Obstacles | Donor Visits, Fundraising, Leadership, Major Gifts, Management, Uncategorized
It’s a funny thing about obstacles in life: when they come up, our first impulse is to give up – or to question the destination or even the path or strategy. That’s why I found this Zig Ziglar quote interesting and applicable to all of us in major gifts. My thanks to...