Major Gift Fundraising 102: The First Donor Meeting

Have you ever ever questioned find out how to construction an preliminary assembly with a donor, particularly with somebody who’s – or might change into – a donor to your group?

Fundraising is each a science and an artwork… however when it comes all the way down to it, elevating funds from people begins by attending to know them and growing a relationship – one that’s centered round your mission and their philanthropic pursuits.

On this coaching, you’ll learn to construction your first assembly with a donor and the inquiries to ask that will help you study extra about your donors’ philanthropy and private story about why they help your mission.

Not solely that, you’ll study that these conferences don’t should be intimidating (although it’s OK to really feel intimidated). They are often enjoyable and make for an extremely rewarding dialog and go to together with your donors.

One other extremely helpful course of that you’ll study on this coaching is named, “Strikes Administration,” a framework on your main items initiatives. Strikes Administration is an easy course of that may aid you monitor the standing of your particular person donor relationships – from figuring out who could also be your finest prospects for a serious present, to asking them to provide, to receiving the present – each step of the way in which.

This coaching goes into the “discovery and qualification” phases. You’ll learn to reply the query, “Might this individual change into a serious donor?” with the usage of a number of easy instruments.

And what’s even higher is that the extra you start to make use of the method you’ll study on this course, the simpler it’ll change into. The first few occasions you may have an preliminary assembly with a donor stands out as the most intimidating as you’re laying the groundwork and are studying a LOT… however after you’ve met with one, two, three, and extra? You’ll start to get excited for these conferences and really feel the construction move with ease…

I’m so excited to leap into Major Gift Fundraising 101: The First Donor Meeting with you!