MGOs Leave If They Have Nothing to Offer Donors

MGOs Leave If They Have Nothing to Offer Donors

by | Nov 25, 2016 | , , , | Asking, Fundraising, Major Gift Officers, Programs, Uncategorized

Second in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization Imagine hiring a salesperson and then having no product for him to sell. You wouldn’t do it. But it is done all the time in major gifts. It is one of the most common complaints we hear from MGOs,...
Non-profit Grades Itself on Performance

Non-profit Grades Itself on Performance

by | May 9, 2016 | , , , | Accountability, Donor Retention, Impact, Major Gifts, Non-Profits, Stewardship, Uncategorized

This is just amazing. Amazing. I have never seen anything like it, and I wanted to pass it on to you as an example of what you can do in general, and in support of major gifts, to let your donors know how their gifts are working for good. Miriam’s Kitchen, a...

Donors Want to Know It Works – #4 in Major Gifts: A Thing of the Heart

by | Sep 9, 2015 | , , , | Donor-Centered, Impact, Stewardship, Uncategorized

You’ve experienced it. Everyone has. In a meeting, on a call or via email, the person talking (or calling or writing) is blathering on about all the features and benefits of their favorite service or product. But you have a niggle in your mind. Something is not quite...