by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 30, 2019 | Discouragement, Perseverance | Motivation, Strategic Plans
It’s the last week of October. Once you hit mid-December, it’s almost impossible to get a meeting with donors, with all their holiday activities. This means you have about 4-5 weeks left to meet with donors. I’ve talked to many discouraged major gift fundraisers...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 21, 2019 | Perseverance, Process, Success | Caseloads, Qualifying
A Four-Part Series on Donor Qualification Stages of Implementation Stage 4: Breakthrough and Success One thing Jeff and I and our team of front-line colleagues know for sure: the donor qualification strategy and system works. If you stick with it, it will deliver a...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 18, 2019 | Attitude, Avoidance, Perseverance | Focus, Qualifying
A Four-Part Series on Donor Qualification Stages of Implementation Stage 3: Avoidance Well, I wish I had a happy ending to the story I was telling you about in my last post on discouragement. Bill was discouraged by the donor qualification process. And as hard as I...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 23, 2016 | Mega Donors, Perseverance, Research | Goal-setting, Major Gifts, Relationships, Stewardship, Strategic Plans, Uncategorized
It’s gnawing at you. You know that there are a few donors on your caseload that, given the right relationship and an amazing offer, would have the ability to give a six- or seven-figure gift to your organization. However, you may be ignoring them a bit because you are...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Dec 30, 2015 | Failure, No, objections, Perseverance | Discipline, Donor Visits, Major Gift Officers, Qualifying, Relationships
I used to hate the word “no”. Everywhere I turned people were telling me no. I have to confess that I was a pretty rebellious kid. I had trouble with authority figures, which explains why they probably had to use NO all the time with me. But why so many “no’s”? ...