by Jeff Schreifels | Aug 16, 2023 | Asking, Donor Communication, Donor Conversations, Fear, Permission-Based Asking | Asking, Donor Conversation, Fundraising, Permission-Based Asking
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been to three fundraising conferences. As I walk around the halls of these conferences and after doing presentations, fundraisers have been coming up to me telling me how our Permission-Based Asking model changed their life. Now, I...
by Karen Kendrick | Aug 14, 2023 | Donor Communication, Donor Conversations, Donor meetings, Donor Relations, Donor visits, Impact Reporting, Meetings | Communication, Donor Conversation, Donor Visits, Meaningful Connections, Relationships, Reporting Back, Structure
You’re headed out to a handful of donor meetings. You’ve done your research, thought through open-ended questions you want to ask, and identified the next step in your journey of building a relationship of trust. And you’ve come prepared with information on the...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | Jun 19, 2023 | Curiosity, Donor Communication, Permission-Based Asking | Communication, Curiousity, Donor Conversation, Meaningful Connections, Permission-Based Asking
You’ve probably experienced it. You decide on a course of action. You are absolutely convinced it is right. You make a decision. Then more info comes in and you change your mind because the new info has convinced you that the new direction is the course you WANT to...
by Guest Contributor | May 26, 2023 | Donor Communication, Mid-level, Qualifying Donors | Mid-level donors, Permission-Based Asking, Pipeline Development, Qualifying
Recently, while co-hosting a live Q&A webinar with Jeff, it struck me – our community has a lot of the same questions, especially when it comes to relationship-based mid-level fundraising. In that moment I thought, “Ah ha… we need a blog on that!” Today’s blog is...
by Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels | May 24, 2023 | Communication, Donor Communication, Storytelling | Communication, Mission, Philanthropy, Storytelling
Over the past four decades, I have watched the interplay between fundraising communications based on facts and information, versus messaging that uses human and emotional terms. It has been a fascinating journey. One where all my early certainty about what is needed...