Asking Matters Blog
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Blog posts from Brian Saber and guest authors to help you gain valuable fundraising advice and start raising more for your cause or organization! Your Asking Style is based on your personality and unique set of strengths when asking for gifts. You'll be confident and comfortable making face-to-face asks once you know yours. Led by Brian Saber and his team of well-known fundraising experts,..
Asking Matters Blog
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What will it take for us to get rid of this pernicious habit? It is such awful fundraising on every level, and we’re swapping so much long-term good for a bit of short-term gain ..read more
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Asking Matters September Newsletter: Come Check Out my New Website ..read more
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There have been very few silver linings amid the horrific losses and upheavals of the COVID pandemic. However, over the last two years, I’ve seen COVID act as a catalyst to underscore the importance of the causes we work so hard to address ..read more
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Asking Matters July Newsletter: Ten Questions to Ask Your Donors Post-Pandemic ..read more
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Asking Matters August Newsletter: Time to Recharge for the Fall Giving Season ..read more
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Board members can strengthen their ability to work with a team, see issues from different perspectives, and reach decisions by consensus. They learn how to represent an organization, speak about it passionately, develop relationships and obtain important resources ..read more
Asking Matters Blog
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What do we need ask ourselves as we emerge from the worst of this pandemic and can once again join our colleagues and donors in person ..read more
Asking Matters Blog
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Blind dating and cultivating donors. I’ve been doing both for as long as I can remember. I’ve realized they can be more similar than you might think ..read more
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What’s an Asking Style? You might well ask, because most people in fundraising worry more about the donor’s style than they do figuring how they can ask for a gift in the way that makes them comfortable and effective ..read more
Asking Matters Blog
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Michael Davidson and I believe there is a way forward if you’re willing to strengthen the governance of your board and if you move away from transactional fundraising toward relational fundraising. Here are three steps to take today ..read more