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Transfer of Trust donors fundraisers fundraising philanthropy relationships

When working with donors to identify prospective donors who may wish to support your charity, an important part of relationship building is what I call "transfer of trust."

Kivi Leroux Miller talks about it in her book The Nonprofit Marketing Guide.

"Few people wake up and decide out of the blue...

Two women discussing donation and and nonprofit impact

Better Storytelling with Storyweaving and Storylistening donors fundraisers fundraising relationships storytelling success

Storytelling is an important tool for fundraisers: 2 more tools to supercharge your efforts: storyweaving and storylistening.

Research tells us:

Using stories signals the brain to pay attention and to store the meaning deeply in the cerebellum.

Emotions...

Harvey, me and Simone Joyaux at a conference

I'm heartbroken that Simone Joyaux has died fundraising relationships simone joyaux

Simone Joyaux died the morning of May 2, 2021. I want to tell you about this amazing woman a fundraising giant.

Simone was a supernova. She had the energy of 100 regular fundraisers.

Simone was blindingly bright as in: so smart, very academic in her thinking (hey, she was raised...

Beth Ann writing a a thank you note to donors

Crying a little over thank you letters donors fundraising gratitude relationships

You need the "person" in personalization to connect with donors...

Back in 2013, I started a new position covering a maternity leave. Almost immediately, I implemented hand-signing all thank you letters. At the time, none had a live signature, not even the memorial donation letters, gasp!

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When working with donors to identify prospective donors who may wish to support your charity, an important part of relationship building is what I call "transfer of trust."

Storytelling is an important tool for fundraisers: 2 more tools to supercharge your efforts: storyweaving and storylistening.

Research tells us:

Simone Joyaux died the morning of May 2, 2021. I want to tell you about this amazing woman a fundraising giant.

Simone was a supernova. She had the energy of 100 regular fundraisers.

You need the "person" in personalization to connect with donors...

Insights from The Fundraiser Coach

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Fundraising Insights

When working with donors to identify prospective donors who may wish to support your charity, an important part of relationship building is what I call "transfer of trust."

Storytelling is an important tool for fundraisers: 2 more tools to supercharge your efforts: storyweaving and storylistening.

Research tells us:

Simone Joyaux died the morning of May 2, 2021. I want to tell you about this amazing woman a fundraising giant.

Simone was a supernova. She had the energy of 100 regular fundraisers.

You need the "person" in personalization to connect with donors...

Insights from The Fundraiser Coach

Connection-based strategies so you'll raise more and donors can create big impact

I'm a catalyst for giving - you can be, too! Subscribe to The Connection actionable advice, insightful strategies and everything you need to connect with donors and raise more for community impact.

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