Tag Archives: Transformational Giving

What Non-Profit Leaders Owe Their Donors-As-Followers

Mutual accountability. A relationship centered on transforming the donor-as-follower in relation to the cause. That’s my short answer to the question posed in the title of this post. Those are the two things that non-profit leaders owe their donors-as-followers. (Oh–if … Continue reading

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Nonprofits Have Followers, Not Donors

Like it or not, our nonprofit organizations have followers, not donors. “Donors” is just the label we put on them so that we can skirt the responsibility for their growth that is ethically entailed by our drawing them into involvement … Continue reading

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Real Food Does NOT Come in a Box, and Neither Do Real Donors

The best insight I’ve ever received into major donor development and the coaching of champions came from my wife, Hyun Sook. “Food,” she opined, “does not come in a box.” We were not at that moment talking about major donor … Continue reading

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