by Monica Vandeventer | Feb 24, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
For you to be the kind of fundraiser you want to be — you’ve got to put in the work. If you want to Level up as a fundraiser, you’re going to have to sweat a little. You’re going to have to spend time reading one of these books on your next flight instead of...
by Monica Vandeventer | Feb 6, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
In this episode Clark shares 2 of his 12 goals for the year and discusses how they practically move from back-burner to front-burner to done. Questions? Comments? Need help? Want to bring in Clark for a Strategic Fundraising Workshop? Email Clark at...
by Monica Vandeventer | Feb 3, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
In the last episode (#141: Assertive Sales Position > “I don’t want to seem pushy…”) Clark briefly mentioned how we need an assertive sales positon coupled with excellence throughout the sales process. That episode focused on the assertive...
by Monica Vandeventer | Jan 31, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
So you don’t want to seem pushy? That’s fine, but just so you know, studies show that an assertive, assumptive sales position outperforms the “non-pushy” positin, by a lot! And why wouldn’t you have an assumptive position? You have...
by Monica Vandeventer | Jan 24, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Basic fundraising advice for anyone getting started in fundraising, whether you are asking for gifts of $100 or gifts of $1,000,000. This is advice that will help you maintain a high view of fundraising, a high view of your donors, and high view of yourself....
by Monica Vandeventer | Jan 20, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
You spent so much time at the end of the previous calendar year worried about your LYBUNT List. And then you turned the calendar to a new year and forgot about it. Before you move onto bigger and better things, take another look at it. If you don’t engage these...
by Monica Vandeventer | Jan 16, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Climbing a mountain takes time. If we set big goals and have high standards of ourselves, we don’t hit our goals overnight. It takes time to climb a mountain. Clark takes inspiration from the life of legendary basketball coach John Wooden in this episode of the...
by Monica Vandeventer | Jan 13, 2023 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Are you making plans for an epic year? Don’t just hope for an epic year — like an epic year is going to happen to you. Make plans for an epic year. Email Clark at clark@majorgiftsfundraiser.com — Send in a voice message:...
by Monica Vandeventer | Dec 28, 2022 | Podcast, Uncategorized
What were your BEST DAYS from 2022? If you want to set the right goals for 2023, the first thing you need to do is think about what your BEST DAYS were from 2022 — becausae what you say were your BEST DAYS say something about what you value — and you want...
by Monica Vandeventer | Dec 7, 2022 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Don’t ask people to give because it’s year-end! What’s your big, audacious goal? How are you accomplishing it? Then, year-end is the forcing function to give. But year-end is not the case for support. It’s the forcing function, but that’s...
