I help major gift fundraisers to multiply results (and have fun doing it) with systems, psychology, sanity, and sacredness.
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Trying to solve an internal problem with external pressure.
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But our givers don't exist to solve our reporting challenges, budget anxieties, campaign deadlines, or fiscal year objectives. Those are our challenges.
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One of the quiet disciplines of major gift fundraising is learning how to carry organizational urgency without handing it to the giver.
Your urgency is not the giverโs responsibility.
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Jun 15
โThe real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.โ - Marcel Proust
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Jun 15
Some thoughts on the ways we lead as major gift fundraisers. The focus this week: Service.
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Jun 14
I decided to go down an etymology rabbit hole on the word competition.
The English word comes from the Latin competere:
- com- = together
- petere = to seek, pursue, strive
At its root, competition meant:
* to strive together
* to seek together
* to pursue the same thing
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Jun 14
But more often, we're fellow travelers pursuing many of the same outcomes: healthier communities, stronger families, flourishing children, cleaner water, better education, deeper faith, restored lives.
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Jun 14
Perhaps the healthiest form of competition is remembering that we're not simply trying to win. We're striving together toward something worth pursuing.
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Jun 13
Time for some Saturday Standouts!
I love celebrating charity leaders who are experiencing breakthroughs in major gift fundraisingโฆ Those moments when the conversation clicks, the strategy shifts, and generosity flows.
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Jun 13
* Silvia Weninger - buff.ly/2aJB9Cj - 20 active LinkedIn profiles that regularly post grant alerts.
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Jun 13
And last but not least, The Wichtermans - buff.ly/H3MnXHB - โI want you to see that scratch as a love scar.โ Great to hear more of Bill and Danaโs story here.
Thanks everyone!
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