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Thoughts from the Group
Explore the DRG blog for fresh ideas on all things donor experience, leadership, team building, donor relations, and change management.
A Wakeup Call For Non-Profits: Donor Relations MATTERS
By Lynne Wester Have you ever had someone you love so much disappoint you in a way that you couldn't get over? I'm there this week and...
Spring Cleaning: Where to Start
At the DRG Group, we love spring cleaning! It's a chance to organize, purge, and reevaluate. But spring cleaning means so much more to us...
Women in Philanthropy
By Angie Joens March is designated as Women’s History Month but honestly there are so many amazing women to celebrate we need more than a...
Spring Forward: A Reckoning within the Reemergence
By Matthew S. Helmer Throughout my career in higher education, spring has consistently been a season of hyperactive planning for a new...
Feeling Lucky: Tips to Finally Getting Those Narrative Reports
By Sarah Sims When it comes to endowment reporting, impact reporting, or general impact storytelling, we can often feel very “unlucky”...
Everything is NOT fine. The Free Advice You Need to Hear Right Now
It’s been a common motto for the DRG Group throughout 2020 (and into 2021): It’s fine. I’m fine. Everything is fine. We even have the...
The Keys to Powerful Endowment Reporting
Written by Jan McGuire Endowment Reporting. These two words alone can cause you to sit up a little straighter or cringe with angst....
5 Ways To Love Your Donors Better
By Angie Joens Hi my name is Angie and I love donors! There I said it out loud. I want everyone to know – I LOVE DONORS! I love donors so...
Things We LOVE Enough to Keep In The Budget
As donor relations professionals, we're often asked to do more with less—sometimes way less. If you're looking at your budget wondering...
Finding Your Unicorn: Tips for Hiring in Donor Relations
By Jan McGuire If only. If only more candidates in our applicant pool had donor relations experience. Or even some advancement...
Finding Solid Ground: When It’s Time to Move On
Written by Sarah Sims Chances are you have had a position somewhere in your career that was not a good fit. Perhaps that is your reality...
Big T-Truths Emerging in 2021
By Keturi DeLong Twenty-twenty did something remarkable for all of us: it illuminated priorities that have been covered by the dust of...
Lessons Learned During a Pandemic
By Angie Joens Happy New Year everyone! We did it! We made it through 2020—a year filled with so many twists and turns it felt like a...
Choosing Optimism (because 2021 is just 2020 in new yoga pants)
By Matthew S. Helmer January is my favorite month. This isn’t exactly a widely shared opinion in my experience, particularly among those...
HOPE for the New Year
Y'all...we did it! We made it through 2020—virtual hugs all around! (We really miss hugs!) While we know that 2021 may start out with...
How To Prepare For Your End Of Year Acknowledgments
By Jan McGuire The end of the year is here! Is your acknowledgment process ready to meet the demands of this time of year? Take a moment...
It's fine. I'm fine. Everything is fine.
By Sarah Sims How many times have we said that to ourselves or to those around us this past year? How many times have we had to gloss...
Finding Gratitude in 2020
I don't know about you, but in the midst of one of the most challenging years of our lives, I'm leaning in to the thankful season! Now...
Who Moved My Mojo?
By Lynne Wester If you’re like me, at times you wander through this pandemic, 8 months long at the time of this blog wondering how to...
A Conversation About Campaigns During A Pandemic - Part 2
Here is Part 2 of the conversation Angie Joens and Matthew Helmer began last week about campaigns during a pandemic. This week, they're...
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