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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

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And the best way to get to know your major donors is to ask good questions that spark conversation. As with any new relationship, start with a small step. An in-person meeting will be more productive in terms of building a relationship. After you decide on your goal, think about the specific questions you want to ask.

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15 Questions to Go Deeper with Your Donor

NonProfit PRO

So, here are some practical questions that will help unlock your donor’s passions and interests. To be a great major gifts officer, you must be curious about your donors. Your job is to understand the things that matter to them and why.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. Nancy MacRae, MS, CAE, ENA, describes the relationship between trust and culture. “As The World Café is a strategy designed to deeply explore a series of topical questions.

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Deepen the Donor Relationship by Focusing on the Donor Journey

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A solid donor relationship is the backbone of successful fundraising. Just like any other relationship in life, your relationships with your donors should be mutually beneficial and enjoyable. That means you should think about what your donor gets out of your relationship. A donor relationship is no different.

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

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Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The winning organizations were consistently exhibiting interesting characteristics, but we weren’t asking questions targeted at those characteristics. We needed to change up our questions. Take it out.

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5-Question Playbook for Year-End Giving Success

NonProfit PRO

Melissa’s 5-Question Playbook to Increase Donations shares how to improve donor retention, strengthen current relationships and foster new ones. Roughly 31% of all annual giving occurs in December. Are you looking to maximize year-end donations? It’s not too late to start leveraging better data - download the playbook today!

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The Questions Acquired Employees Want Answered

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Therefore, continues Jacobs, “It’s essential that you don’t say or do anything that prevents you from building strong relationships, because the integration can’t succeed without trust.” The usual questions on the minds of acquired employees about the company that made the acquisition include: Are we honest? Are we for real?