Ranked #1
Do You Know the ROI of Your Donor Portfolio?
Do You Know the ROI of Your Donor Portfolio?
Most of the time, when we ask a major gift fundraiser what the Return on Investment (ROI) of their portfolio is, we get ... Read more
13 Nov 2019
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30mins
Ranked #2
What Does It Take to be a Great MGO?
What Does It Take to be a Great MGO?
The job of a major gift officer is difficult. In this episode, we talk with Christine Tesmer, a major gift officer from ... Read more
13 Jun 2019
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31mins
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It's Good to Have Older Donors
It's Good to Have Older Donors
Are you concerned that the donors on your file are too old? Are you scrambling to get younger donors? Don’t be. In major... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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11mins
Ranked #4
New Ideas to Cultivate Your Major Donors
New Ideas to Cultivate Your Major Donors
Do you ever get in a rut about what you should be doing with your donors to cultivate them properly? Richard and Jeff he... Read more
27 Jun 2019
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24mins
Ranked #5
Can We All Just Get Along?
Can We All Just Get Along?
To serve your major donors outrageously, you have to know your programs and projects so well that you’re able to inspire... Read more
29 Oct 2019
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14mins
Ranked #6
What's Wrong with Planned Giving?
What's Wrong with Planned Giving?
In today’s episode, Richard and Jeff talk with Veritus Group's new Director of Planned Giving Services, Robert Shafis. R... Read more
29 Jan 2020
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31mins
Ranked #7
Discover Your Major Donors' Passions and Interests
Discover Your Major Donors' Passions and Interests
Do you wonder what it will take to take your major gift program to another level? The answer is not about some new stra... Read more
29 Aug 2019
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27mins
Ranked #8
Using Technology to Connect with Donors – with Greg Warner
Using Technology to Connect with Donors – with Greg Warner
Have you ever thought it would be nice to be able to qualify, steward, and cultivate your donors in a more efficient, l... Read more
30 Jul 2019
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30mins
Ranked #9
Inspiration for Major Gifts Work – with Frank Mumford
Inspiration for Major Gifts Work – with Frank Mumford
In this episode, Richard and Jeff will inspire you for major gifts fundraising with some great thoughts and ideas you ca... Read more
9 Jul 2019
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30mins
Ranked #10
Current Donors Aren't Prospects: Thinking Differently About Donors
Current Donors Aren't Prospects: Thinking Differently About Donors
Major gift fund-raisers can slip into thinking of people as "prospects" even after they've given many times. Richard and... Read more
8 May 2019
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17mins
Ranked #11
Creating Compelling Donor Offers, with guest Tom Ahern
Creating Compelling Donor Offers, with guest Tom Ahern
How do you create compelling donor offers that will result in gifts that are significant, or even transformational? In t... Read more
13 Aug 2019
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30mins
Ranked #12
Keeping Good Major Gift Officers
Keeping Good Major Gift Officers
Major gift fundraising has a problem: MGOs are leaving their non-profits after only 1.8 years on the job! How can they b... Read more
15 Oct 2019
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17mins
Ranked #13
Changing Your Non-Profit Culture, with Mark Rovner
Changing Your Non-Profit Culture, with Mark Rovner
In the last decade there's been a lot of talk about building a culture of philanthropy. But who's actually doing it? And... Read more
24 Sep 2019
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21mins
Ranked #14
Bad Bosses
Bad Bosses
You’ll often hear that fundraising professionals are “jumping ship” every 1.8 to 2.3 years in search of something better... Read more
25 Feb 2020
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26mins
Ranked #15
Is Your Manager Ignorant About Major Gifts?
Is Your Manager Ignorant About Major Gifts?
This episode sheds light on some of the craziest misconceptions we’ve heard from leaders and managers about major gifts,... Read more
4 Dec 2019
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20mins
Ranked #16
What’s Wrong with University Major Gift Fundraising?
What’s Wrong with University Major Gift Fundraising?
If you think universities have it all figured out with major gift fundraising, you’d be very wrong. In fact, at most of... Read more
8 Jan 2020
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15mins
Ranked #17
The Spirituality of Major Gift Fundraising
The Spirituality of Major Gift Fundraising
Today’s podcast episode is a little different. We’re talking about the spirituality of major gift fundraising. No, we’re... Read more
11 Feb 2020
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16mins
Ranked #18
Why Do We 'Qualify' Major Donors?
Why Do We 'Qualify' Major Donors?
Major gift fundraisers are going to get frustrated quickly if they focus on donors who don't want to talk to them. In th... Read more
28 May 2019
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23mins
Ranked #19
The Importance of Administrative Assistants
The Importance of Administrative Assistants
As you know, the most important job for an MGO is to build relationships with their donors. How are you going to do that... Read more
10 Mar 2020
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26mins
Ranked #20
Major Donors and Capital Campaigns – with Amy Eisenstein
Major Donors and Capital Campaigns – with Amy Eisenstein
Is your organization considering creating a capital campaign in the near future? Before you spend a bunch of time, energ... Read more
10 Sep 2019
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26mins