
Your Best Friend is Right Down the Hall
To serve your donors, you need to connect with your teammates inside your non-profit. Only with their help can you really succeed.
To serve your donors, you need to connect with your teammates inside your non-profit. Only with their help can you really succeed.
Does your organization overflow with inspiration and vision? Are your programs top-notch and making an impact? If yes, then you have the right ingredients to keep good major gift officers. If you keep losing good people every couple of years, maybe this is your problem.
This is, by far, one of the best systems for reporting back to stakeholders that I have seen in my career. I share this with you so that you can see a specific example of the kind of impact reporting that is needed in major gifts.
Each of these “legs” of the stool must be functioning well in order for the non-profit organization to be efficient and effective. One cannot dominate the other.
Here are five things to start thinking about as you approach the new year in fundraising. Get these ideas moving in your mind even while you’re busy with your year-end work.