by Richard Perry | Jul 17, 2024 | Fundraising Offers, Giving, Reasons for Giving | Donor Offers, Giving, Major Gift Officers, Sales
You can’t have a successful retail store without a product to sell. You could have the world’s greatest logo, tagline, and storefront. All the window dressing to entice the customer to come in and buy your product. But that is not enough. You must have the goods...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 4, 2021 | Donors, Giving Drivers, Reasons for Giving | Giving
First in a three-part series: “Why Your Donors Aren’t Giving More” “Most people give without expecting anything in return,” said some authority figure. And we don’t know where they got that idea. Everyone on the planet gives with some expectation of a...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 3, 2017 | Donor Motivation, Donor Offer, Reasons for Giving | Asking, Communication, Donor-Centered
Several nights ago I was out with some friends in Asheville, NC. We were talking about how, in relative terms, it is easier to raise funds for some causes than for others. For example, it might be easier to raise funds for orphans, animals and hungry people than for a...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 30, 2015 | Motivations, Reasons for Giving | Donor-Centered, Major Gift Officers, Passions and Interests, Relationships, Uncategorized
The donor’s interests and passions are the most strategic and critical pieces of information in major gift fundraising. A major gift officer cannot expect to be successful in her job if she doesn’t have this information. It is the main driver of everything she does...