Know Your Donor. Know Your Donor. Know Your Donor.
Whatever it is, it's an amazing thing to watch — exhilarating when it works right and downright depressing when it doesn't.
You cannot expect to be successful as a major-gifts officer if you don't know your program, which is why you need to, at a minimum, take the following steps to make sure you are informed in this critical area:
If you’re hanging with Richard it won’t be long before you’ll be laughing.
He always finds something funny in everything. But when the conversation is about people, their money and giving, you’ll find a deeply caring counselor who helps donors fulfill their passions and interests. Richard believes that successful major-gift fundraising is not fundamentally about securing revenue for good causes. Instead it is about helping donors express who they are through their giving. The Connections blog will provide practical information on how to do this successfully. Richard has more than 30 years of nonprofit leadership and fundraising experience, and is founding partner of the Veritus Group.
