The Fundraising Talent Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
What do you get when you put an academic who is all about the most effective fundraising methods between two rabble rousers who never shy away from giving their opinions. That was the lineup today on The Fundraising Talent Podcast with Dr. Russell James, author of The Socratic Fundraiser, and Greg Warner, founder of MarketSmart. The essence of our conversation was whether fundraisers both desire and know how to have genuine conversations with their donors and whether using the Socratic method is the ideal pathway to the meaningful opportunities that are available to our organizations. Today’s conversation reminds me of earlier conversations in which we’ve talked about how the sector has seemingly confused the advantages of being great story-tellers with those of being great story-listeners.
What I found especially thought-provoking was how we ended up asking why boards and bosses are notoriously uninterested in fundraising methods that afford the fundraiser and donor opportunities for meaningful dialogue. While we can all agree on the reasons why one would allow the donor to be the hero in their own story, we must ask ourselves why we don’t design strategies that allow this to happen. Greg’s explanation for why this doesn’t happen as it should really had me thinking; more often than not, fundraising design reflects the desires of boards and bosses who want to ensure that they maintain their role as the hero in the story.
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.
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?
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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