Keep It Simple
Probably one of the greatest excuses I hear from major gift officers on why they haven’t set up meetings to visit donors is this: “Well, I don’t have a nice brochure or case statement to show them.” Or this one: “I haven’t done enough research on the donor yet. I...Take a Deep Dive with your B and C Donors: #2 of Six Actions for Summer Impact
Summer is the perfect time to do things you’ve neglected to do all year. One of those things is to do more research on your donors. By now, you should have your A-level donors down, but those B and C level donors* need more attention. Sometimes we stress those A-level...If You Think Small, You Get Small: Four Secrets to Getting Large Gifts
I have to tell you I’m tired of it. I’m tired of hearing from MGOs that they don’t have donors on their caseloads that give high five, six and seven figure gifts. If you are an MGO and you have at least 75 to 100 donors on your caseload (remember 150 is a full...What Are They Smoking Across the Pond?
Ahhh… England. Land of double-decker buses, Big Ben, passionate “football” fans, afternoon tea… and some bad fundraising advice. Recently, our Veritus Group U.K director, Stephen Butler, sent me an article from Civil Society, written by a fundraising consultant,...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
