Visionary Fundraising For Nonprofits
Fundraisers chase money. Visionaries attract it. Learn how to say thank you and tell stories all the way to the bank! Visionary fundraising that will release the storytelling visionary in you.
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 209
- Years Active
- 2025
Visionaries Get More Money Than Missionaries
What you will learn today:
Visionaries attract the resources they need because they start with vision, not money.
Visionaries get the resources they need when they share and talk about what they produ…
Mary Valloni Interviews David
Super-fundraiser Mary Valloni interviews David in her fundraising summit.
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Get That Elusive Second Gift By Writing A Better Thank-You
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Can Shy People Fundraise?
What you will learn in this episode:
- Can shy people be successful fundraisers?
- Having a clear path to do what you do helps you overcome your fear.
- Shy people have learned to do what they do while afraid…
Fundraising & The Power Of Unfinished Stories!
What you will learn in this episode:
- Great leaders focus on, harness, and utilize the power of unfinished stories.
- Knowing when to use unfinished stories can multiply a fundraiser's power.
- Unfinished st…
The Tyranny Of The Urgent & Fundraising
What you will learn in this episode:
- When You Don't Plan For The Important, The Tyranny Of The Urgent Becomes Your Master.
- When You Don't Plan For The Important, The Tyranny Of The Urgent Becomes Your …
What Fundraisers Can Learn From Phyllis Diller & John Maxwell: FILE EVERYDAY!
What You Will Learn In This Podcast:
- Left unrecorded, our best and most inspired ideas are often lost.
- Telling better stories is a big step toward raising more money (read more here).
- Filing stories, a…
Great End-Of-Year Fundraising Starts In July!
What you will learn in this episode:
- Great fundraising at the end-of-year requires thoughtful planning ahead of time.
- The most lucrative season for fundraising is the end-of-year.
- Most nonprofits don't …
Mike Kim: Raise More Money By Telling Better Stories!
Meet Mike Kim, marketing guru and nonprofit fundraising coach.
What you will learn today:
- Success is sequential
- Idea rich and execution poor
- Fundraising is not about asking for money
- Storytelling
- The found…
Don't Have Any Stories? MAKE 'EM UP!
Stories are the currency that nonprofit leaders collect in order to pay their donors (Read more here). But what do you do when you are shut down and you don’t have stories to tell? Answer: You make ‘…
Fundraising & Chasing Birds
What you will learn in this episode:
The "wisest man in the world," says that chasing money is like chasing birds. Like birds, money has wings. The more you chase it, the more it flies away!
“Don’t ex…
Your Horse Is Dead & You're Still In The Saddle? PERSEVERATION
In this episode you will learn:
What happens when positive PERSEVERANCE gets taken too far and becomes PERSEVERATION!
When the horse is dead, there is but one thing to do: GET OUT OF THE SADDLE AND FIN…
Chris Musgrove: FutureNow!
In this episode you’ll meet:
- Chris Musgrove, FutureNow
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What Can Canned Laughter Teach Us About Fundraising?
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STORIES ARE THE CURRENCY THAT FUNDRAISERS COLLECT TO PAY THEIR DONORS (READ MORE HERE).
Salt The Jar: What Nonprofits Can Learn From Bartenders About Fundrais…
James Harrington: Ugandan Water Project & Indiana Basketball!
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Five Fundraising Keys
1. Get The Right Mindset
2. Carefully Build Your Tribe
3. Grow Your Capacity To Dream
4. Diversify
5. Indiana B…
I Paid Over $15K To Learn Margin!
After I left the pastorate and entered the marketplace, I knew I needed a great website. A good friend turned me on to Donald Miller. I found his podcast, started from day one and took notes. The…
Aaron Walker: Retiring at 27 & The Power Of Masterminds!
For over 38 years, Aaron has been a small business owner, devoted husband, and community leader. Aaron has been in a personal Mastermind with his friend, financial guru, Dave Ramsey for over two deca…
Your Nonprofit & The Dilemma Of The Woodcutter
Did you hear about the woodcutter whose production went down because he couldn't take the time to sharpen his axe?
“Give me six hours to chop do…
Buy The Truth & Sell It Not: Personal Growth Is Gonna Cost You!
When I was a teenager, I became enamored with the Proverbs of the Hebrew King Solomon. Reading them over and over, year after year, became an obsession. King Solomon, who lived nine centuries BCE, …
Bart Simpson Was Horribly WRONG!
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