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Nothing But Major Gifts

Major gifts fundraising is the lifeblood of non-profit organizations around the world. Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels address major gifts twice monthly, to help you and your organization connect wi... Read more

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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

30mins

Ranked #2

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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

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

11mins

Ranked #4

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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

24mins

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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

14mins

Ranked #6

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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

31mins

Ranked #7

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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

27mins

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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

30mins

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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

30mins

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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

17mins

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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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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

17mins

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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

21mins

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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

26mins

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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

20mins

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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

15mins

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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

16mins

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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

23mins

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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

26mins

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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

26mins

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