iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

Socratic fundraising asks questions. Socratic fundraising can still work. Questions can arise in Donor telephone conversations (one-on-one but not face-to-face) Donor focus groups (face-to-face but not one-on-one), or Donor surveys (neither one-on-one nor face-to-face). Justify asking questions Questions can work.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We thoughtfully craft and stage the fundraising ask. What do we feel? This emotional experience is all too common for fundraisers. These bad emotions can lead to bad behaviors. It can make fundraisers avoid asking. When they do bring themselves to ask, it can make them ask small and safe. Devastation?

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The Black mother within each of us —the poet—whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free. You are asked how you are doing and can tell that the person asking genuinely cares. You feel loved , knowing that you can labor where and how you feel called to.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 7, 2022

This was true in my practice experience, my research, and my teaching. My fundraising career started in complex planned gifts. My teaching focused on technical aspects in gift planning. My teaching focused on technical aspects in gift planning. My work was always about philanthropy. What led to this attack?

Psychology 52

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

This is an evolution, accelerated by the COVID pandemic and social upheaval, from what he previously called Generation Connected, or Gen C. What must your organization do now to position your mission to thrive, not just survive, once the threat from the current pandemic has been vanquished? What new strategies did you add?

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 1, 2023

Image Credit: Aisha Shillingford How can we use art to respond, adapt, and heal from the climate crisis? How can art be used to help us move away from an extractive economy and toward the just transition ? In Sankofa’s words, “what do we do to take it up a notch?”

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iMarketSmart

AUGUST 8, 2022

The hero story can be made acceptable for a low-ego, high-social orientation. What about those at the extreme pole away from ego? But how can the Hero’s public recognition be made acceptable? Thus, the community of donors can be heroic. It’s still a hero story about the donor. But even this can be reframed.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Psychology Foundations 52

iMarketSmart

APRIL 6, 2022

This news can be shocking to hear and might even make some fundraisers and nonprofit administrators fall out of their seats. Donors don’t care about the same things you do. Even more shocking is some experimental fundraising data you’re about to see. After all, why else would they support us? Wait, what?

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Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 9, 2023

As a donor, you deserve to know what your gifts accomplish. Here are three main highlights: A New Mastermind Series + New Option to License the Core Power Tools Your gifts enable us to develop, test, and evaluate these groundbreaking leadership development programs and provide scholarships for women who need them.

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iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But first, it helps to know what we’re doing. What does a charity offer that the donor wants? A charity can provide value to many people in many ways. But fundraising provides value to the donor in just one way – by delivering an enhanced identity. This can be private. The gift can enhance personal meaning.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Universities Values Law 52

iMarketSmart

JANUARY 9, 2023

A novel can have a perfect story. That can work. Permission in Socratic fundraising. We start talking about our great charity. How long can we do that? We can just keep talking and talking. What if instead, we ask a question? How long can we do that? Socratic fundraising requires permission.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We have to navigate the scarcity created by economic, racial, and gender inequality while tapping into an abundance mentality to demand what we need. This is the call of leadership this moment requires, and many of us are answering.

Leadership 99

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iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

These social emotions are what motivate the greatest acts of generosity. What Is Restricted Giving? There are so many intricacies that can play into this, so let’s look at some of the broader types of restricted giving. They can see their gift in the students who receive it. Why is that? Examples of Restricted Gifts.

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Participation and motivation Values Health Nonprofits 52

Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Here’s how you can benefit from our experience. I’d be remiss if I didn’t say that anything I could teach you in a teleconference or in person you could probably learn from reading the five years of posts I’ve blogged on Selfishgiving.com. How can we support you?&# It’s all here, folks.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

What do you mean you don’t have one? How about Grace Kelly? Back in the 80’s, Bill taught broadcast journalism at American University in D.C. and I was one of his students. Back in the 80’s, Bill taught broadcast journalism at American University in D.C. Use a conversational style. How about Bill?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2011

What’s the biggest marketing lesson you learned in 2011? Nancy also published a great blog post called Transform Your Message from Inside the Box that reminds us we have to know what’s inside the box before we can think outside of it (and to maybe stop using that phrase). Nancy Schwartz wants to know.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. Harvey McKinnon and Andy Robinson will discuss how to build stronger donor relationships and how you can use this strategy to improve every kind of fundraising. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.”

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

We are here to talk about how to get more grants, specifically through donor cultivation. You can use either of those. You can even send us a tweet. And if this is your first Bloomerang webinar with us, welcome. That’s what Bloomerang is. You can even do grant tracking, which we love as well.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

We are here to talk about the next wave, what are those emerging trends in nonprofit social media marketing. I sent those out about an hour ago. You can use either of them. You can even send us a tweet if you want. We do these webinars just about every Thursday. I’m Steven.

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