Sun.Aug 23, 2020

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Removing Barriers to Giving, or How Traditional Development Gets in Its Own Way

The Storytelling Non-profit

One of the things I’ve been thinking about a lot recently is how the traditional development model puts up a lot of barriers to engagement. In fact, this was something that came up in the Office Hours call with the Master Class students last week. When I talk about the traditional development model, I’m talking about annual giving, major giving and planned giving.

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Listen To Your Front Line Team Members

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“What you hear depends on whom you listen to. Leaders who are strapped to their desks and surrounded by staff people who echo their ideas can easily fall into this trap of not listening to a wide enough universe of ideas,” explains Chris Zook and James Allen , authors of the book, The Founder’s Mentality. Instead, the authors recommend that the best practice for leaders is to make sure you have access to voices from your front line.

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