by Jeff Schreifels | May 20, 2024 | Major Gift Fundraising, Qualification, Qualification process, Qualifying, Qualifying Donors | Major Donors, Major Gift Officers, Major Gifts, Performance, Qualifying, Relationships
I want you to be so successful at major gift fundraising that you will never want to leave your profession and quite honestly, so that you’ll stay with your current organization for at least 5 years. The only way you are going to achieve that success and longevity is...
by Jeff Schreifels | Sep 4, 2023 | MGO, Passions and Interests, Qualifying | Donor-Centered, Passions and Interests, Qualifying
We all create stories about who we think people are, based on either a snap judgment or seeing from afar their history of behavior. Sometimes that can be helpful to us. Other times, it’s quite hurtful. I think we do this quite a bit as fundraisers. You have a donor in...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Feb 10, 2021 | MGO, Qualifying | Donor-Centered, Passions and Interests, Qualifying
We all create stories about who we think people are, based on either a snap judgment or seeing from afar their history of behavior. Sometimes that can be helpful to us, and other times it’s quite hurtful. I think as fundraisers we do this quite a bit. You have a donor...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 5, 2017 | Donor-Centered, Philanthropy, Qualifying | Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Prospecting
I’m angry. You’ve heard me tell the story of an MGO who reached out to us at Veritus, desperate to understand what was wrong with her. “I feel like I’m doing everything wrong. I read your blog posts about major gifts and that feels right to me, but my boss is saying I...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 14, 2014 | Donor-Centered, Philanthropy, Qualifying | Leadership, Major Gift Officers, Prospecting, Uncategorized
I’m angry. In my last post I told the story of an MGO who reached out to us at Veritus, desperate to understand what was wrong with her. “I feel like I’m doing everything wrong. I read your blog posts about major gifts and that feels right to me, but my boss is saying...