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Episode 1 · 21:20 · Patrick Diener
Why We’re Here
What do you know about why someone gave? In the first episode, Patrick introduces the questions behind Fundraising Unplugged and works through the seven movements of the Invitation Framework using an imagined after-school program and a donor who wants to help.
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In this conversation
- How pressure inside an organization can shape a donor conversation.
- Pause, See, Discern, Invite, Receive, Accompany and Multiply in practice.
- Making a clear invitation while leaving room for a yes, a no or a not yet.
- Keeping promises, respecting contact preferences and helping a team learn.
Try this: choose one donor whose reasons for giving you do not yet understand. Check their contact preferences and any promises still owed. If contact is welcome, thank them and ask what led them to give. Leave the next solicitation out of that conversation.