Tools for you- This too shall pass…now would be good

April 8, 2020

TOOLS for you to USE Right now! I. Say these affirmations out loud every day! “Something Gooooooodds Gonna Happen to Me!” “I Create My Life!” “We become what we think about!” “People love to give me money!” Your biggest tool to get through this comes from within.  Monitor everything you read and hear and see.  […]

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Believe. Decide. Move Forward. Serve. Repeat.

March 25, 2020

Believe. Decide. Move Forward. Serve. Repeat. I care about you.  Yes, be aware now and wash your hands and keep some space. But MORE – be aware of what you are thinking. Please. It is your best defense. Your success is not about the financial climate, it’s about your mental climate. Are you spewing poison or […]

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What do you see?

March 11, 2020

What do you SEE? You probably want this to be more complicated. Position, relationships, wealth, results. And, it’s the same for the things you have but don’t want.  In reverse.  It’s that focus on “what if this or that happens” that becomes true. I pulled off a whopper this year – I’m telling you – […]

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Partner Best Practices for MORE Major Gifts

February 26, 2020

You can’t do it alone. I don’t care how efficient you are, or think you are, you can only have so much fundraising success if you try to do it all yourself. I get it…it takes a great deal of energy and patience to bring on a volunteer, board member or program staff to help […]

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Competing with love!

February 12, 2020

Competing with love….. Many would say competition is bad – generating a winner and a loser. I say when you compete from a place of love and caring, competition kindles that spark to be better than you were before. Watching my beloved football I notice what the athletes do to compete at their very best. […]

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Create your own dog park to get more done!

January 22, 2020

Did you ever wonder if there was a way you could feel structured and free at the same time? At all my presentations, I take a survey asking you to share your greatest challenge. ‘Managing time/overwhelm’ is always in the top three…. and often the top two – right up there with needing to raise […]

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Patiently persist to your 2020!

January 8, 2020

Patient Persistence. This isn’t about knocking on one door until the dang thing opens. It’s about knocking on many doors. It’s about embracing plan B…or C..or…well there are 26 letters in the alphabet so really we get lots of chances.  It’s about trying again. It’s about patiently persisting with your key, top prospective major donors….without […]

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Wishing you Joy!

December 25, 2019

  Marcy Heim is a trusted authority in the development profession and helps organizations and educational institutions boost their major gift programs through artful, long-term relationship building that dramatically increases fundraising success while promoting increased staff job satisfaction. To receive a free chapter from Marcy’s book, Empower Your Board to Serve as Effective Development Ambassadors, click here. Questions: […]

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Are you ready for PERFECT Vision?

December 11, 2019

YOU are wished JOY! December is for DOING!  And, DOING.  And, DOING!!!! And that’s ok. Yikes have I been editing year-end letters.  Remember – DIRECT LINE FROM DONATING TO DOING FOR DONORS!  Your gift to them is their joy in doing your mission – make them feel it, smell it, taste it and rejoice in […]

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Don’t we-we on your Donors!

November 27, 2019

You really CAN make this shift!  Really! You all are working REALLY hard. You give your heart, energy and smarts to fix, enhance, inspire, lift up, prevent, support, and more… to make the world better. I appreciate you and what you do. Maya Angelou said it best, “You want to compose a good world. It’s […]

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