by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jan 18, 2017 | Authenticity, Gratefulness, Joy, Thanking | Communication, Marketing Plans, Moves Management, Relationships, Uncategorized
A Three-Part Series on Thanking, Reporting Back and Serving Your Major Donors that Will Break Through Their Noise and Bring Them Joy #1 — Thanking Donors Does it ever feel like you are constantly being bombarded with noise? Information, news, Twitter, Facebook,...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Nov 16, 2016 | Focus, Reporting Back, Thanking, Tiering | Caseloads, Major Gifts, Moves Management, Strategic Plans, Uncategorized
#3 in the series How to Manage Your Portfolio Effectively B-level donors are the middle child of major gift portfolios everywhere. In many cases that I’ve come across in working with MGOs, they really are treated this way. Of course there is a lot of emphasis on Tier...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Oct 24, 2016 | Authentic, gratitude, Thanking, Thanksgiving | Donor-Centered, Events, Relationships, Uncategorized
I love Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday. Besides all the great food and football, for me it is an amazing blessing to have one day where we talk with family and friends about what we are grateful for. Earlier in my career as a development director I loved this...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 6, 2016 | Reporting, Thanking | Donor Retention, Impact, Moves Management, Uncategorized
I’ve always been a student of cause and effect, and I’m constantly asking the “so what” question. My wife says it is irritating. Examples… Someone is describing a process – all the elements and sequencing, the cool attributes of this one element and how it has not...