Transporting Your Donor to the Scene: What If the Need Is Not Met?
You heard your mother say it and most of the time it was true. She would say, “If you don’t (insert desired behavior) then you will (insert promised consequence).” And you either learned to believe it when she said it or, if it was just a veiled threat, you learned to...Packaging Your Budget For Your Donor, Series: #2 – How To Do It
In the last post I wrote about the principles of The Program Support Portfolio (PSP) system – a way to package your budget for easy and effective presentation to your donors. If you have not read that post, take a look here before reading this post so you can...Stewarding The Kids & Relatives of Donors Who Give Estate Gifts
I have been tracking the journey of a donor who is no longer with us, but gave a gift of over $800 million dollars to a non-profit before he passed away. How can I be tracking the journey of a donor who has passed away? Because this donor not only gave the...Integrating Planned Giving With Major Gifts
Much like the topic of major and mid-level gifts I wrote about a few days ago, there is an uncomfortable chasm between planned giving and major gifts in most non-profits today. Often the gap between the two is caused by a management system that doesn’t integrate the...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
