Check out this video!  Look for the components of an effective fund raising tool.  You’ll find: need, passion for the cause, opportunities for addressing the problem and a request to give.  I guarantee you will have tears in your eyes.  …

My fifth major donor interviewee is an individual whose vantage point is “big picture”.  While he’s always thinking ahead, he’s also a down-to-earth and practical leader, husband and father.  His successes include and extend beyond business.  He views his own …

The rapid change we face in our lives isn’t immune to major gifts fund raising either.  The traditional beliefs about the major gifts processes are changing too.  My evidence is the laboratory of our clients and their major gifts efforts …

Peter Drucker was a popular writer, thinker, teacher and an economics and business management guru.  Did you know he knew major gifts fund raising too? He said, “Time is the scarcest resource and, unless it is managed, nothing else can …

As you think about what I’ve written over the past three months, there are some conclusions that I believe enhance your major gifts opportunities. It’s not about the money!  Major gifts donors are passionate and strive to create something they …