Your Donors Don’t Care

Your Donors Don’t Care

Your Donors Don’t Care You’re making it too easy for your donors to ignore you …  During this week’s Practical Solutions Announcement, Jeff and Greg discuss a common mistake many fundraisers make: talking to donors about details that just...
Donor Story Remix: The Importance of Repetition

Donor Story Remix: The Importance of Repetition

Is It Time to STOP Repeating Your Planned Giving Donor Stories? We love interviewing our clients’ donors to get their planned giving donor stories. We hear some pretty remarkable things—things supporters are reluctant to share with a fundraiser. Their candor makes for...
Let Your Hero Do the Talking

Let Your Hero Do the Talking

Let Your Hero Do the Talking A few years ago, we interviewed a supporter of the Marine Corp Heritage Foundation. He had made a planned gift to the Foundation and was appealing to other Marines to “get their affairs in order” by updating their will or trust. Then he...
The Easiest Way to Explain Planned Gifts

The Easiest Way to Explain Planned Gifts

The Easiest Way to Explain Planned Gifts Powerful donor stories are extraordinarily valuable because they make planned gifts so EASY to understand! Unfortunately, most donor testimonials aren’t powerful … in fact, they read like obituaries.  That’s...