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Grow Gelt — 100 episodes
Anything You Do Twice Needs a System
AI Is Affecting Your Cultivation
Your GPT is Lying to you - Two words to make it better.
A Fake and a Fraud - 5 ways people can tell you are lying
Left On Read
Dancing with the Elephant
Small Towns & Big Fines
$81 Million in 24 hours - Fundraising Lessons from Kamala Harris
It's Uncomfortable in a Rocket!!
The Weight of Your Words
The Silver Bullet Myth
Your best tool
Three things you should do to make your ask easier (Part 2)
Your fear of NO is actually causing it...
Inward or Outward. How you talk makes a big difference.
What would you do with your magical wand?
(War in Israel) Don't Hide in the shadows
Waiting for a good time
Your instincts can lead you astray
Sometimes you can skip the line
Your donors have self doubt too.
How to have the right confidence in your ask.
The thing you hate is the thing you need to do
Don't tell superficial stories
Same place & Same Time is a big problem
There is no "I" in team. But There is a "U" in fundraising.
Winter is coming
You're predatory monthly giving program will cost you big
Why this fundraiser almost fell for this common scam.
Should you ignore warning beeps?
A variety of perspectives of fundraising.
You're sending mixed signals
The prince gets tired too
Your email should not be sketchy clickbait.
Nonprofit fire sale
Your donors are ER docs
What you do when you run out of people
Listening with Levi
Red green yellow blue white color are you?
Fear of the phone is not about the phone.
Uncomfortable moments
The #1 thing
Kids Sticky Fingers
Better than Giving Tuesday
Off loading your most important thing
You need to stop talking about the size of your apple juice.
Your negativity bias is hurting you
How you talk makes a difference.
Time management and digging
Crucial conversation
The Mystery of the Disappearing Donor
Why you fundraise in fits and spurts. What your donor means when they say "no",
You will lose donors if you ignore the bump.
54. Covid Donors are super donors
Ep 53. Less is More
51. Focus your light to make change
50. Monthly gifts. Do you send monthly receipts? Or one annual?
48. You're not surrounded by idiots
47. Your broken chair is nothing to be proud of.
46. People are standing outside and they can't see inside. You can help.
45. Thanking is not taking.
44. Don't push your donors out the window.
38. Accidental thanks are not great for steak.
36. Three tools for time management
35. You are not a child
37. You don't always need to start from the beginning.
34. Get your head out of your lap.
33. Asking. How much is too much?
32. Got a Yes, but no cash.
31. Random Tuesday is better than Thanksgiving.
30. What to do when you're in a rut.
29. How to get the meeting.
28. Do this and watch your donors disappear.
27. Don't have a good picture? Paint one with your words.
26. It's All In The Name
25. How much are you worth? You can't eat your passion.
24 - What do you do when you run out of people to ask?
How Much Money Should You Ask For?
Donors Donors give on their schedule, not yours.
Don't use soft numbers
Know how to "No"
You've scheduled "wasting time" on your calendar.
Why do you need to meet?
The clues you see are not really clues.
You are hurting your ask because you focus on the wrong thing
Avoid orphan numbers, learn from Trump
You can get better, but you'll never be perfect.
You will always struggle with time.
How to build a bridge
How Do I know Which Consultant to listen to?
Someone says "What Can I do to help?", How do you ask for money?
Who you ask changes how you ask.
What does Toast mean to you?
Thank you for the white spoons. What's that? Your donors don't know either
Don't Send Unwanted Gifts
Don't Feed The Beast - What do you after you get a "yes" but don't get a check?
Feel The Spark
You are telling people not to give to your organization....and you don't even know it.
How long should you wait before asking again?
Do you first ask for annually or monthly?