by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 19, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Just because you have a few different gift thresholds does not mean that you are going to start closing gifts at those levels. Clark makes some clarifications to his previous episode on giving clubs and getting started with estate gifts. Have gift clubs. Talk about...
by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 18, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
You want to give your donors an easy next step to increase their support. Once they love you, they’ll be looking for what’s next. Giving levels help your donors see the next step. Clark also talks about getting started with estate planning — and how...
by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 13, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
You want to do more than ever before. You want to achieve your maximum potential. Clark talks about how to achieve uncommon success — and success that’s aligned with your values. Goal setting guidelines and ideas for qualitative and quantitative goals for...
by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 12, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Are you ready to take on something big? To achieve more than you have ever achieved? To progress further and faster? Part of 1 Clark talking about Goals. Achieving goals is almost automatic. Our brain has within in a goal seeking mechanism that drives us, even...
by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 9, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Good development work is methodical development work. Don’t think about moving mountains, think about moving buckets. What’s one thing you can do today to move your relationship with just one donor forward? Implement Clark’s “one more...
by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 6, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Our donors won’t open up to us just because we’ll listen. They have to think that we’re worth talking to. Once you’ve become a trusted adviser, the stories you tell have the potential to be powerful stories. If you’re not a trusted adviser, they’re just stories. Clark...
by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 5, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Donors will judge whether or not what you say to them is true based upon your relationship with them. Here are 10 Traits of Trusted Advisors. Be a Trusted Advisor to your donors. — Send in a voice message:...
by Monica Vandeventer | Sep 4, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Do people give to people? You may have heard that people give to people. Clark always says major donors give to mission, but now he says that mission isn’t enough. — Send in a voice message:...
by Monica Vandeventer | Aug 29, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
5 Keys to unlocking major gifts. The keys don’t really work alone — you need all of them. Here’s what they are. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/clark-at-major-gifts-fundraiser/message
by Monica Vandeventer | Aug 21, 2019 | Podcast, Uncategorized
This maybe an unpopular topic, but needs to be addressed. While most organizations are spending countless hours and resources trying to secure these grants, the vast majority of charitable dollars are given by individuals. — Send in a voice message:...