There are so many things to love about annual giving. For starters, it’s full of juxtapositions. It’s an art and a science, fundamental and complex, perennial yet always full of surprises.
It’s also easy to love the people who work in annual giving. They’re so often curious, venturesome, and eager to make the world a better place. But how do you show these special people how much you love them? The answer is so simple that even children understand – you tease and annoy them.
Here are 10 ways to annoy an annual giving professional and show him/her how much they mean to you:
- Code all managed prospects “do not solicit”
- Hide the call center headphones
- Forget to use an appeal code
- Don’t fulfill your pledge
- Mail in a credit card gift and leave the expiration date section blank
- Add the President to the appeal seed list
- Call them a “friend-raiser”
- Take vacation during the last week of the fiscal year
- Collate before the ink is dry
- Increase their denominator











