by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 28, 2017 | Fundraising, Philanthropy, Success | Accountability, Discipline, Major Gifts
Being disciplined to work your plan is the absolute key to major gift success. Conversely, a lack of discipline is the downfall of many major gift fundraisers. At Veritus, we know that introducing a disciplined approach to major gifts will lead to deeper relationships...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 9, 2017 | Planning, Success, support | Major Gift Officers, Management, Strategic Plans
I think one of the most frustrating things about major gifts for leaders, managers and major gift officers is that a successful major gift program takes time to develop. Richard and I have written ad nauseam about the fact that major gifts is a long-game proposition....
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 19, 2016 | advocate, Success | Development Directors, Leadership, Management, Uncategorized
#2 in a 2-Part Series on Management and Major Gifts In my last post I highlighted some failures in major gift program management that we have seen over the years. Like I said, Richard and I have seen some pretty messed-up major gift programs. But we’ve also seen some...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jul 22, 2016 | Management, MGO failure, Success | Discipline, Hiring, Major Gift Officers, Management
There are very few reasons for failure in the major gift business. Often the major cause of failure for the MGO is the organization itself. It just does not have the program to present to donors – or if it does, it has not prepared, packaged and priced the program as...