Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. ~ Martin Luther
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“But we want the cash, now,” we often hear. Well, we would have had the cash now if we had not deferred it in the first place.
February 23, 2020 Read more
Like cell phones, social media and text messages, acronyms have taken over our lives. But we had planned giving acronyms long before the birth of texts. What else does a CRAT stand for? Read and find out.
November 18, 2019 Read more
Again and again, Dr. Russell James found that formal and technical terms reduce the chances that a prospective donor will be interested in making a planned gift. And we’ve been saying that since 1998. Yet, many nonprofits still do not take the advice.
July 31, 2019 Read more
Planned giving productivity. It’s not about learning calculators, CRUTs and CRATs. Here are 5, simple helpful tips for you career — and mental health.
July 23, 2019 Read more
People often ask me about my life. What’s my background? Where’s my accent from? Where did I grow up? Where did you meet your wife? One of these days I’ll get around to answering all that… But the most common question I get is, “Viken, how did you get into planned giving?” Answer: By Accident.
July 15, 2019 Read more
From troubled childhood too exec. It’s a Tale of Three Generations. A true story of a friend I just reunited with. He told me about this some 35 years ago, but I did not “get it” until I watched this video.
July 13, 2019 Read more
What kind of “asker” are you? Confident, well-dressed, professional? Or more of a beggar? Someone apologetic, mincing their way through the ask? One type is going to succeed often, and the other will almost always fail. Can you guess which is which? You’ll find the answer — and other great advice on making the ask — on our blog in a guest post from author, public speaker and planned giving specialist Dr. Rebecca Price Janney.
July 4, 2019 Read more
“Oh, you’re one of those people who care about the black squiggly marks,” the Director of Development told me.
June 19, 2019 Read more
Remember when news broke that Tiger Woods was cheating — not at golf, but on his wife? The media jumped all over the story.
May 28, 2019 Read more
Are you nurturing your donors? One way to do it is by asking them to tell their story. People like to talk about themselves. It’s natural.
May 24, 2019 Read more
Too Busy? Or is it Planned Giving Placed on the Back Burner, Again. They say that planned giving is being placed on the back-burner because of tight budgets, smaller staffs…
April 20, 2019 Read more