The Fundraising Talent Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
Greg kicked off today’s conversation with the suggestion that there is going to be an increasing divide between those shops whose fundraising efforts can thrive and those whose cannot. Greg believes a lot of this will be evident in the success or lack thereof in organizations’ planned giving efforts. While Greg insists these efforts don’t have to be especially complicated, our organizations will have to match our desire for these more significant gifts with the wherewithal to most effectively and appropriately negotiate, receive, and acknowledge them. Our team at Responsive appreciates that Greg is among our consulting colleagues who are allowing our Three Lanes Theory to inform some of his thinking on this.
During the second half of today’s conversation, it took an especially thought provoking turn when we posed the question of whether having higher expectations of the relationship rather than of the individuals involved in the exchange translates into greater success in planned giving. I was looking to connect Greg’s thoughts with that of author Aaron Dignan who insists that in the future we’re all going to have to be increasingly “complexity conscious”. This way of thinking recognizes that the most meaningful outcomes in a complex adaptive system, whatever they may be, emerge from the interactions in between us rather than from the behavior of any individual actor.
As always, we are especially grateful to our friends at CueBack for sponsoring The Fundraising Talent Podcast.
What do we gain by drawing a line between fundraising and marketing?
Is fundraising suffering from a serious case of narration sickness?
Should we learn to see fundraising through the symbolic lens?
What happens when the donor flips the switch on the relationship?
Could fundraising benefit from a new approach to leadership?
Do boards and bosses have unreasonable expectations of fundraising?
Is nonprofit fundraising long overdue for a reset?
Do boards and bosses want to ensure that they are the hero in the story?
How much of fundraising’s success depends on meaningful places?
How many job descriptions will dramatically change in our post-pandemic world?
Why does fundraising let money be the hero in so many of our stories?
Did the pandemic afford us time for some tough conversations?
Do some of us take for granted how easily we can navigate fundraising?
How can fundraisers do the right thing and get caught doing it?
Are nonprofits giving their power away by cutting ties with bad actors?
Does fundraising deliberately distance itself from the truth?
Great Fundraising Opportunity w/The Salvation Army
Can fundraising evolve for those who give on their own terms?
Can fundraising learn how to put the relationship ahead of the gift?
Do we owe ourselves a new case for fundraising?
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