The Fundraising Talent Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
I recently asked my friends Rebecca and David to join me to discuss an article that David had written about what leaders in higher education should expect of fundraising in the next year. Our conversation offered a whole new layer of meaning to David’s encouragement that advancement leaders need to be carefully thinking about renewal, re-engagement, and raising the bar. Perhaps what was profound about this conversation was the notion that fundraisers learn how to appropriately “dwell” with a donor in order to ensure that they are putting the relationship ahead of whatever proposal we are trying to advance. Afterwards, I had to double-check my understanding of what it means to “dwell” with someone; it is not a term I’m accustomed to using and certainly something I wanted to contemplate more.
To “dwell” means to remain for a time, and when we say that we are dwelling with someone there is often a degree of intentionality that accompanies it. How many of us have learned how to dwell with a donor without finding it necessary to close the gift? This notion of dwelling echoes Rebecca’s challenge that, as we emerge from the pandemic, fundraisers will need permission to spend time with their donors having conversations that are about more than closing another gift. She insisted that we have to make room for listening to what people are saying to us, both directly and indirectly, about their experiences in the last two years and how all this will inform their decisions.
As always, we are especially grateful to our friends at CueBack for sponsoring The Fundraising Talent Podcast. And if you’d like to download Responsive’s latest edition of Carefully & Critically, just click here.
#146 | How has Covid-19 affected fundraising for front-line organizations? Part 1: AFP Toronto Collaboration
#145 | Does the traditional headhunter approach fuel the rapid turnover among fundraising professionals?
#144 | What types of ethical questions should fundraising professionals be asking right now?
#143 | Has the time come for nonprofit boards to change their thinking about fundraising?
#142 | How do successful virtual fundraising events really work?
#141 | Perhaps fundraising makes more sense as an invitation rather than an ask?
#140 | What did September 11th teach us about fundraising amid a crisis?
#139 | Are fundraising professionals allowing the primitive side of our brain to take over?
#138 | What is responsive fundraising and why does it matter? Guest: Gabe Cooper, CEO @ Virtuous
#137 | How do we keep fear from undermining our fundraising efforts? Part 7, Andrew Olsen
#136 | How do we keep fear from undermining our fundraising efforts? Part 6, Leesa Harwood
#135 | How do we keep fear from undermining our fundraising efforts? Part 5, OneCause Team
#134 | How do we keep fear from undermining our fundraising efforts? Part 4, Noah Barnett
#133 | How do we keep fear from undermining our fundraising efforts? Part 3, Sam Laprade
#132 | How do we keep fear from undermining our fundraising efforts? Part 2, Klementina Sula
#131 | How do we keep fear from undermining our fundraising efforts? Part 1, Theresa Lee
#130 | Are fundraising professionals prone to tolerate toxic work environments?
#129 | How do we ensure genuine relationships are at the heart of grant writing?
#128 | Are the baby boomers going to make fundraising easier in the next decade?
#127 | What can nonprofits learn about joy and authenticity from political fundraising?
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