Thoughts from the Group

By Angie Joens They say patience is a virtue. Ugh—how many of you reading this cringe when you hear that phrase? I don't like to wait. I...

By Holly Kizer Sailing the world, designer handbags, vacation homes—how can we show our major gift donors our appreciation when they...

By Jan McGuire Imagine you want to take a trip—and it's important to you to make the trip happen. You book your airfare, but you must...

This Sunday, June 19, we will celebrate Juneteenth. Officially made a national holiday in 2021, this date recognizes the oldest...

By Kristin Hanson Higher education and nonprofit communications teams tend to turn their noses up at donor profiles. Their reaction isn’t...

By Sarah Sims Quick! What is the average adult attention span these days? 8 seconds! (And the attention of a goldfish is 9 seconds!) In...

By Matthew Helmer I’ve been called a lot of things during the course of my life. Some of it’s not worth remembering or repeating. Others...

By the DRG Group Our team at the DRG Group has been training the next generation of donor relations professionals for over a decade. We...

May is mental health awareness month, so it seems like a perfect time to talk about job burnout. Burnout is a state of emotional,...

Guest post by Josh Kligman at Yearly Ten million nonprofits worldwide can't be wrong - producing an annual report to show your community...

By the DRG Group You know that feeling when an email lands in your inbox or you open a piece of mail that leaves you speechless and maybe...

Scene: You're exhausted. It's been a long 7-10 years of your campaign. You have been through it all from the very silent phase through...

One of the most significant shifts we experienced during the pandemic was in the event space. We were forced to step away from "the way...

There is a shift happening in donor relations, and we're here for it! In fact, we've been championing this approach for a few years now....

Thank you – two simple words to express gratitude or acknowledge a gift or action. But these two words can strike fear in even the most...

As we pass the two-year anniversary of when much of the world faced an initial shutdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are...

The 4 Pillars of Donor Relations—acknowledgment, stewardship, recognition, and engagement—create the foundation for our work in donor...

Here at the Donor Relations Guru Group, we love good data, research, and analytical insights into our industry – and that’s why we...

Events can be incredibly rewarding and fruitful for our organization—if done well. And by “well,” we mean executed with strategy and...

By Lynne Wester Every two years, the donor relations community comes together and provides one of the best resources for our...