by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 7, 2015 | Performance Evaluation, Reporting, Results | Major Gifts, Management, Metrics, Uncategorized
It was an interesting conversation. I was taking the position that “meaningful connections” and amount raised are what matters in measuring MGO performance, and the manager was arguing that it was the number of face-to-face visits and amount raised. We were going back...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Aug 5, 2015 | Compensation, Performance Evaluation, Reporting, Results | Goal-setting, Major Gift Officers, Management, Metrics, Uncategorized
If there is one thing Jeff and I just love, it’s knowing how major gifts programs work. This probably comes out of our background in direct marketing where we measured everything. There is a cost revenue metric attached to most every direct marketing activity, and we...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 6, 2015 | Asks, Program Specifics, Reporting | Data, Donor Retention, Major Gifts, Management, Uncategorized
You know it’s true – you will be more successful if you have something specific to present to your donor. But Jeff and I hear over and over, in most every nonprofit we visit, that program specifics are hard to come by. If it’s not the program people, then it’s...