Donors Usually Do What They Want
Dramatically increase your success with donors by asking thoughtful, insight-generating questions that uncover their true wants.
Dramatically increase your success with donors by asking thoughtful, insight-generating questions that uncover their true wants.
Part one of a two-part series dedicated to answering the top questions we hear about relationship-based mid-level fundraising.
There’s a lot of fear around asking donors about planned gifts, but there doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to get the conversation started.
It can be discouraging when a donor says no to your request for a gift. But it’s an opportunity to deepen your relationship with the donor.
When you set clear expectations and provide a structure around your donor conversations, it makes space for deeper connections.
When you don’t ask, it lowers your caseload performance. Here’s a story of how one fundraiser adjusted his philosophy to embrace asking.