

10 Steps to a Strong Transformative Major Gifts Year
Here are 10 essential steps to take to ensure your major gifts program starts and finishes strong, resulting in a transformative, epic year.


Planned Giving: It's a Culture, Not a Program
Planned giving is about building a culture—one that requires a team effort where all members of the philanthropy team are involved...


Interviewing Top-Performing Major Gifts Officers for Maximum Impact
To ensure your organization hires high-impact philanthropy officers, here are 10 tips to follow during the interview process…


Optimizing Charitable Giving: The Importance of Cultivating Meaningful Donor Connections
Health care organizations must prioritize cultivating meaningful connections with potential major donors.


Documenting Donor Bequests: Is it an Art or Science?
Meeting donor expectations will require a donor-centered approach, while also balancing the organization’s desire to count future intentions


Three Steps to Mastering a Major Gift Mindset
By Heather Wiley Starankovic, CFRE, CAP As a philanthropy officer, do you have years of experience but feel like you are missing out on...


Planned Giving Officers: External vs. Internal Hiring
By James Gold Q: Do we need to hire a planned giving professional from outside of our organization? As a health care organization, we...