Turn Planned Giving into Strategic Giving – #5 of the 7 Keys to a Successful Major Gift Program
Planned giving helps the donor think creatively about how to use the assets they have and control, as a critical part of their giving
Integrating Planned Giving With Major Gifts
Much like the topic of major and mid-level gifts I wrote about a few days ago, there is an uncomfortable chasm between planned giving and major gifts in most non-profits today. Often the gap between the two is caused by a management system that doesn’t integrate the...
We All Need Each Other — Why Going Solo Doesn’t Work: Planned Giving is Sexier Than You Think!
Whenever I used to hear the words “planned giving”, my eyes would glaze over. It was like hearing about some foreign country that I never really wanted to visit. Earlier in my career, when meeting with clients for planning sessions, we’d come up with lots of great...Stay out of the Hairball!
The worst thing you can do as a major gift officer is to get involved in the Giant Hairball. What is the Giant Hairball? My good friend, Jeff Brooks, writes about it in his Future Fundraising Now Blog, but essentially the Giant Hairball is anything in your...7 Pillars of Major Gifts – Pillar #5: Turning Planned Giving into Strategic Giving
With trillions of dollars transferring from one generation to another in the next few decades, planned giving, Pillar #5, is an important part of the ideal major gift organization. If you have not planned giving as a central part of your major gift organization, you...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
