by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Sep 8, 2017 | Money over Relationships, Pressure, Trust, Truth | Management, Motivation, Stress
You’ve probably heard about it in the news: Wells Fargo says it has found a total of up to 3.5 million potentially fake bank and credit card accounts, up from its earlier tally of approximately 2.1 million. In other words, there are two-thirds more fake accounts than...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 28, 2017 | Money over Relationship, Pressure, Transactional Fundraising | Leadership, Non-Profits, Relationships
It’s feeling like a crisis. Richard and I and our team at Veritus Group are coming up against an avalanche of non-profit leaders who are putting extreme pressure on their major gift officers to seek out transactional gifts and forego building relationships with...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 23, 2015 | Management, Pressure, Relationships | Donor-Centered, Major Gift Officers, Moves Management, Uncategorized
Over the years, Richard and I have often been asked, “Once we get that first meeting with a donor, what do we do?” It’s a good question; I’ve heard terrible answers to this question from well-meaning MGOs who more likely than not have been pressured to “get the...