The Fundraising Talent Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
Shelby has been a part of the team at Colby College for 5 years. In her role, Shelby leads audience-centric strategy and content for annual fund communications in addition to managing relationships with class volunteers to help them reach ambitious goals. Colby is currently in the midst of a campaign for $750M, the largest campaign in liberal arts college history. Shelby and the team at Colby are aware that their unwillingness to take on risks is actually the biggest risk of all. They collectively understand that "We've always done it that way" is an especially expensive way of thinking and just don’t buy it.
What occurred to me during our conversation is that Shelby really enjoys her work, which isn’t something I always pick up on with other guests. She appreciates her team’s sense of community and collaboration as well as their willingness to scrap bad ideas. She believes fundraising should not be rote or mechanical and doesn’t have to resemble an assembly line.
Later this week, our recovery plan will be available free for download. We are very grateful to Jennifer Harris, Andrew Olsen, Theresa Lee, as well as our friends at OneCause and iWave for contributing to this resource. As always, we are very grateful to OneCause for being our sponsor.
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How does a fundraiser find more meaningful work?
What expectations should fundraising have of the board?
Does attending to the office do fundraising more harm than good?
What are the 3 types of donors that every fundraiser should understand?
Are you a reluctant fundraiser?
Can fundraisers create an equation that increases giving?
Should fundraisers learn how to “dwell”with their donors?
What holds fundraising back on larger, unrestricted gifts?
What does your boss have to say about fundraising’s competing ideologies?
Did the pandemic permanently change some of our fundraising pratices?
Will special event fundraising ever measure up to our expectations?
What can fundraising learn from bad market research?
What will your fundraiser say when the headhunter calls next week?
Will the current system deliver on fundraising’s higher aspirations?
Are we using the wrong approach for retaining fundraising talent?
Perhaps a field approach to fundraising expertise is a bit overdue?
Despite their set-backs, why do fundraisers recover so quickly?
What if fundraisers took a chance on convening genuine conversations?
Does fundraising need to get better at how we receive the gift?
Can we really expect fundraisers to succeed without social capital?
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