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In this virtual conversation, Suzanne Allison Davis, President of Greenville University, and Gonser Gerber Partner Charlie Shepard will help you better understand how to navigate these complex and nuanced situations, and chart a path forward for your institution.
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In this Gonser Gerber Institute “Quick Bite” program, we will explore the value of your donors Individual Retirement Accounts as a giving opportunity. We will review what an IRA is, what it can mean for your institution, and how to talk about it with prospects and donors.
If your aim is to be a high-quality, effective leader, ask your questions early. Be genuinely curious. Gather information. Listen to understand perspectives and positions. Empathize with different experiences. Learn what you don’t know. And then, use what you’ve learned from others and their realities to offer solutions. Waiting until after a solution is offered…
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Every advancement team inherits most of its donors. You may be new to your role, or you may have been at your institution for years. But the bulk of the donors you will engage have a giving history with your institution that precedes you. Percentage wise, a few of these inherited donors are exceptionally generous…
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One reason it’s difficult to teach someone how to be a better major gifts professional is because it’s not about teaching specific words or phrases to use during an ask. It’s not about teaching a particular process or formula to follow in order to prepare for asking a prospect for a major gift. It’s not…
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This webinar will cover the critical elements to a planned giving program so that you can begin to identify potential prospects, discuss planned gift opportunities through a formalized process, develop dual or triple ask strategies, draft appropriate policies to count and manage these gifts, effectively steward planned gifts, and know when to seek legal advice.
In poker, the “board” is the context of the community cards (the cards dealt face-up in the middle of the table and available for any player to use in putting together her hand) during any given hand. A “dry board,” for instance, occurs when the community cards do not have much connection or relationship with…
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Join Erin Phillips, senior consultant at Gonser Gerber, as we explore the ways that you should be engaging your young donors.
Listening to the critic can help you get better. That special event reception was too short, perhaps. Or, that annual report did contain too few pictures that emphasize diversity. Or, our phonathon callers probably could be more engaging. But, there are times when listening to the critic is wrong-headed. When the critic sends back your…
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In this webinar, presented by the Gonser Gerber Institute and partner Jason McNeal, we will discuss the challenging role today’s gift officers face.