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Extending Conversations

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Jason McNeal

Invite the gift when the prospect poses a question like, “What do you all need to make this happen?” Turn the conversation toward your campaign priorities when the prospect asks, “What are you all working on today?” “Could you see yourself providing a leadership gift for this project?” is a fantastic response when a major…

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2 Types of Meetings

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Jason McNeal

Collaborative Meetings.  These meetings are designed to brainstorm together, to collectively create, to “bounce ideas off of each other.”  The purpose of these meetings is to involve others in the idea formation process. Responsive Meetings.  These meetings are designed to react to a proposal, to refine an idea, to improve a plan.  The purpose of…

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Leading Volunteers

Posted on May 29, 2023April 4, 2023 by Jason McNeal

What’s the reason our institution utilizes volunteers?  What’s the point?  The purpose? If we expect our volunteers to provide the definitive answers to these questions, we may want to re-think our role. As advancement professionals who engage volunteers, our first duty is to understand clearly why they are being asked to volunteer.  Our second duty…

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The 3 Most Critical Steps To Create Lasting Change

Posted on May 26, 2023April 4, 2023 by Jason McNeal

If your goal is to make your advancement program more effective. If your goal is to make your program more professional. If your goal is to raise significantly more money than you’ve done previously. If your goal is to engage your volunteers in activities they’ve never done before. If your goal is to create any…

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Tribes or Ecosystems

Posted on May 24, 2023April 4, 2023 by Jason McNeal

Brand tribes have been a buzz concept in marketing circles for a few years now. From a marketing perspective, tribes – or customer communities made up of like-minded people who gather together based on shared interests and brands and the values those brands project – represent an opportunity to efficiently engage and motivate a large…

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The Big Gift vs. The Best Gifts

Posted on May 22, 2023April 16, 2023 by Jason McNeal

We can be convinced that the solution to our problems must be in receiving the “big gift” from our wealthiest donor prospect.  Maybe for your institution that’s $25 million.  Maybe it’s $10 million.  Maybe its $1 million. For a time about 20 years ago, the idea of the “mega gift” and the people with the…

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The Agenda and The Work

Posted on May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 by Jason McNeal

“We can’t get our Board/Advisory Council/Volunteer Group to focus on consistently helping us with fundraising and giving.” I hear this complaint regularly from advancement leaders. And, then, I review the previous meeting agendas for the group and find: Too much reporting from institutional leaders, instead of time for question-asking and discussion; Too much quantitative data…

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More and Less

Posted on May 17, 2023May 14, 2023 by Jason McNeal

Everyone expects “more.” Each year, our annual fund goal increases.  Our new campaign will be the biggest ever.  The goal for the number of donors next year will be more than this year’s goal. Getting to “more,” though, often means focusing on less. If our annual fund goal is increasing, who are the small subset…

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Asking The Right Questions

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Jason McNeal

This past week Jason’s Blog broke. The specifics don’t matter much (mostly because, while I’m comfortable with technology,  I’m definitely not a techie and I still don’t fully understand what happened).  Just that the site went down, it was not a simple issue, and I didn’t know how to fix it.  So, it was time…

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Strolling vs. Scrolling

Posted on May 8, 2023May 7, 2023 by Jason McNeal

Humans are built to walk. Our walking ability not only provides us with the mobility to enjoy and govern our physical world in ways most other species can not, it also is a great form of exercise. Simply walking consistently produces a host of wonderful benefits including reducing body fat, enhancing memory, strengthening bones, lowering…

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