Going Beyond What is Expected of You: Being Real
Second in a Four-Part series Have you ever spent time with someone and afterward you thought, “Wow, that person has a great presence about them, they are just so real and authentic!” It’s hard for me to put it into words, but when you run into someone like that, you...
Wells Fargo Scandal is Like Many Major Gift Programs
You’ve probably heard about it in the news: Wells Fargo says it has found a total of up to 3.5 million potentially fake bank and credit card accounts, up from its earlier tally of approximately 2.1 million. In other words, there are two-thirds more fake accounts than...
Are You a Broker of Love?
A few weeks ago after lunch, I was walking with a major gift officer I work with. She was lamenting that she felt that there were “so many things” keeping her from meeting with donors. She just “wished she had the time” to just get to know them. I knew the backstory,...
Bring It into the Light
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Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
