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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246 | Is the fundraising community reaching for aspirations higher than the dollars raised?
245 | Did the pandemic give our donors an opportunity to up their game as well?
244 | Will creativity drive fundraising’s post-pandemic recovery?
243 | Does your boss know how to create an environment where fundraising can thrive?
242 | Why do the wizards of fundraising have so many hang ups with Charity: Water?
241 | Can fundraisers play a more radical role in the redistribution of money?
240 | How can fundraising get donors closer to those whom the organization serves?
239 | Is it time to shine the spotlight on fundraising in the hard places?
238 | Should we expect more long-term thinking of our fundraising experts?
237 | Are fundraisers ready and willing to allow their data to do the storytelling for them?
236 | Does the centricity-effect get in the way of grit when fundraising becomes really difficult?
235 | Are nonprofits itching for a different kind of fundraising expert?
234 | Will fundraising professionals ever stop selling perks and premiums?
233 | Should fundraising be more aware of the faith traditions that inform giving decisions?
232 | Will fundraising take a qualitative turn in the post-pandemic economy?
231 | Is fundraising guilty of over-complicating planned giving?
230 | What practices are fundraising leaders relying on to bring about sustainable change?
229 | Does fundraising need more curious chameleons?
#228 | Should fundraising be more skeptical of those who are privileged with telling the story?
227 | How many easily overlooked questions has the pandemic forced us to reckon with?
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