The Fundraising Talent Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
The pandemic has been a reminder that our world is not predictable; that most of what happens is beyond our control; and that, if you really want to accomplish your goals, the best you can do is remain self-aware and highly adaptable. For our team at Responsive, it’s been a challenging two years trying to keep a vision alive while managing the expectations of those who wanted to be a part of something new at one of the messiest times in human history. In today’s podcast conversation, I am pleased to introduce Mike Dixon, a long-time friend and now business partner, who genuinely believes in what we aim to achieve for the nonprofit sector and brings a number of strengths that I admittedly don’t have. Despite the myriad of challenges that we have encountered, Michael shares an appreciation for what has been accomplished in the last two years and looks forward to providing leadership to our consulting team in the years ahead.
In many ways, today’s podcast conversation follows the theme of managing our own expectations and those of others in order create environments where fundraising can thrive. We talked about whether employers are creating unreasonable expectations for their fundraisers that decrease the likelihood of genuine and authentic relationships. We suggest that a large number of today’s fundraisers are deliberately avoiding meaningful engagement, not out of fear of rejection or lack of experience, but because such interactions are often accompanied by expectations from boards and bosses that are beyond the fundraisers’ control. The oft-cited “culture of metrics” creates the illusion that one can control more than they actually can and compels fundraisers to rely on strategies that avoid rather than advance meaningful engagement.
As always, we are especially grateful to our friends at CueBack for sponsoring The Fundraising Talent Podcast. If you’d like to learn more about hosting the Responsive Fundraising roadshow in your local community, email me for more information. And, if you’d like to download Responsive’s latest edition of Carefully & Critically, just click here.
#166 | Student Project, Part 2 | What does non-profit leadership look like for women around the globe?
#165 | Student Project, Part 1 | What does non-profit leadership look like for women around the globe?
#164 | Should beneficiaries have more say in how their stories are told in our fundraising efforts?
#163 | Does fundraising really want to get back to business as usual?
#162 | How do fundraising professionals make the best of difficult times?
#161 | Should someone's past prohibit them from participating in philanthropy?
#160 | How does a nonprofit organization decide which charitable gifts it will receive versus those it will reject?
#159 | What impact will the recent pandemic have on fundraising practices a year from now?
#158 | What important lessons have fundraising professionals learned during the pandemic?
#157 | How are HBCU schools ensuring that they recieve their fair share of the philanthropic pie?
#156 | How has Covid-19 affected fundraising for international organizations? Part 6: AFP Toronto Collaboration
#155 | What advice are we getting tired of hearing from fundraising consultants? Guest: David Baker @ Giving Design
#154 | Will Covid-19 remedy some of the bad fundraising habits that we have been ignoring?
#153 | Will hostility towards our donors really help our fundraising efforts?
#152 | How has Covid-19 affected fundraising for environmental organizations? Part 5: AFP Toronto Collaboration
#151 | Will Covid-19 require that nonprofits reinvent themselves, their boards, and their fundraising efforts?
#150 | How has Covid-19 affected fundraising for educational organizations? Part 4: AFP Toronto Collaboration
#149 | How has Covid-19 affected fundraising for arts organizations? Part 3: AFP Toronto Collaboration
#148 | How has Covid-19 affected fundraising for healthcare organizations? Part 2: AFP Toronto Collaboration
#147 | What can fundraising professionals expect of technology in a post-Covid-19 world?
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