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Dare to Dream Bigger for Your Organization’s Future In my last post, I introduced the first two steps in the Choose Abundance Model for Implementation. Before we move on to Steps 3 and 4 however, I want to pause and name something many of you are probably feeling: It’s hard to imagine building a Culture of Philanthropy when everything feels urgent … [Read more...] about The Volume Goes to 11 Rock and Roll Meets Resource Abundance: Steps 3 & 4 A blog series from Rainmaker Consulting
Dare to Dream Bigger for Your Organization’s Future Do you need that extra push? If you’re a world-famous rock and roller like Nigel from Spinal Tap, you know sometimes you need your amp to go beyond the standard 10 — you need it to go to 11! While we can’t promise louder guitar solos, we can promise that the 11 Steps to Build a Culture of … [Read more...] about The Volume Goes to 11: Rock and Roll Meets Resource Abundance
Laurie Herrick was recently a guest presenter at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in St. John, US Virgin Islands. Her talk was about being Possibilitarians. Over the next couple of months, we'll share three excerpts from her talk on how you, as a not-for-profit leader, can begin to scale up what is possible in your organization. As we … [Read more...] about Finding Hope and Possibility in Challenging Times
John D. Bidwell | Sept 23, 2022 I was discussing a Culture of philanthropy with a colleague. Specifically, we were talking about being aware of and changing one’s own prejudices, attitudes, and mindset around money, and how personal feelings of scarcity and money will seep into, and limit, one’s fundraising work. “Awareness is … [Read more...] about Changing Your Mindset Around Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la3FjvquQ2U&list=PL9mtQ5X41oSgBJRGSuG7TmlYjOCOjIGkM&index=12 Choose Abundance, intentionally What do I want folks to get out of my new book, Choose Abundance, especially now? In this segment of an interview with Rima Dael, the General Manager of WSHU in Fairfield, Connecticut, Rima asks me how we can … [Read more...] about “Choose Abundance” : What You can get out of this Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfaLdLM0Jw&list=PL9mtQ5X41oSgBJRGSuG7TmlYjOCOjIGkM&index=10 Do you aspire to have a board that embraces fundraising? Many CEOs and development professionals do that sort of daydreaming…if only our board stepped up and loved fundraising!!! What if you introduced the concept of a Culture of Philanthropy … [Read more...] about Want Your Board to Embrace Fundraising? Create a Culture of Philanthropy Committee!
The Impact on an Organization's Mindset and Results of Creating a Culture of Philanthropy For the last several years, I have been privileged to be able to work with Mark Shapiro, the CEO of the Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in Milwaukee, as he and his team have built a Culture of Philanthropy. Full disclosure, we shifted … [Read more...] about Laurie Interviews Mark Shapiro on the Impact of Creating a Culture of Philanthropy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNq6mV1ID1Y&list=PL9mtQ5X41oSgBJRGSuG7TmlYjOCOjIGkM&index=8 Setting Up a Donor Discovery Meeting to Build a Transformational Fundraising Program In this series of three blogs, I explore how to enhance your donor program in order to be more aligned with Transformational Fundraising. I share about what we’ve … [Read more...] about The Donor Discovery Meeting – A Key Step in Transformational Fundraising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYf9VW3Vzqk&list=PL9mtQ5X41oSgBJRGSuG7TmlYjOCOjIGkM&index=6 Why Shift from Transactional to Transformational Fundraising? Do you want a robust and healthy collection of donors who support your organization’s mission? When you shift from Transactional to Transformational Fundraising, your agency will be on a … [Read more...] about Shifting from Transactional to Transformational Fundraising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89V3oIjTSyw&list=PL9mtQ5X41oSgBJRGSuG7TmlYjOCOjIGkM&index=5 The importance of Strategic Planning A Strategic Planning process is a tremendous opportunity to create the invented, generative and bold future you desire—including a Culture of Philanthropy. When organizational leaders pause and begin to create a … [Read more...] about Strategic Planning and How it Can Support a Culture of Philanthropy
