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Have We Fruit? How About Our Donors?

“Have they fruit?” Mr. Wesley asked of his would-be preachers. Could those who were seeking ordination show anything for their service? Was there at least one person who had found faith through the word they proclaimed? A single person whose … Continue reading

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Your task: Become a donor whisperer

In 1998, a Robert Redford movie introduced the term “horse whisperer” into common parlance. In 2010, we are well past due for introducing the term “donor whisperer” into not only our fundraising vocabulary but our practice as well. First, a … Continue reading

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When do your donors feel most fully alive?

When do your donors feel most fully alive in relation to the cause about which you are both so passionate? Odds on we nonprofit leaders are deluding ourselves if we think donors would ever actually say any of the following … Continue reading

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