One of the most critical tools in an annual giving director’s toolkit is a gift chart. This chart should be based on accurate target ask amounts for each potential donor in your database with appropriate success ratios. A gift chart should include these elements: So how do you go about making a gift chart? Let …
One of my favorite geniuses, Seth Godin, writes a daily post and he always challenges my brain to expand. Today, he wrote about opportunity cost. And I cannot get this quote out of my head… “If you learn a new skill, you own it forever” It got me thinking about all of the opportunities I …
December. Full of cheer. And to do’s. And holiday parties and lights and cookies. And ALL. THE. THINGS. After 20 calendar year end giving deadlines, I have learned many things about closing your year well. It is, by all metrics, the biggest giving season of the year. And that is amazing! By now, you have …
I had the opportunity to talk with a friend of mine from Camp Good Life Project, Stephen Warley of Life Skills that Matter, earlier this week. During our discussion, he challenged me to take a step back and look at what I BELIEVE. I love stuff like this, as anyone whom I’ve ever retreated with knows. And …