Your Words Really Matter
It’s a problem I have had to deal with most of my life. Where my mouth gets in front of my brain. The words come out and, BAM, there is no getting them back. You know what I mean. You have said something and then, once your brain catches up, you realize that you...
A Crisis of Confidence
I believe there’s a crisis amongst major gift officers all over the world. It’s a crisis that is causing good people like you to struggle and lose faith in their skills, and it’s causing donors to question the mission of organizations they either support or want to...
The 30 Million Dollar Donor
Several weeks ago we received some not-so-surprising news from a client in the western U.S. I say “not so surprising” because we see the very same thing with other clients all the time. But it was surprising to this client. Here’s what happened....Why Are You Not Asking?
I just read a new study called “Understanding High Net Worth Philanthropy,” put out by CCS. It has some interesting statistics: The wealthiest 1.5% of Americans gave 52% of all individual philanthropy in America, an average of $68,580. The rest of Americans give an...TOP RATED PODCAST
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