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Engaging Your Board in Fund Development
Hosted by: Laura Goodwin
Neesha N. Rahim
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Welcome!!
Laura in her natural habitat…
And Neesha in hers…
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Our Roadmap
• Setting Expectations
• Steps to Develop Great Board Engagement
• Ways to Make it Work
• Questions
• Goodie Bag
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Show of Hands
What is the biggest challenge you are facing as you engage board members in fund development?
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Your ROI
• Board members as “relationship-developers”
• Broader and deeper mission impact
• Enhanced relationship • Strengthened results achieved • A culture of philanthropy • Intensified strategic contributions
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Keep It Simple
• …Giving joyfully and generously…
• Identifying and introducing others
• Sharing our story
• Engaging
• Soliciting
• Providing meaningful stewardship
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Take Action:
• What is standing in the way?
• Are we prepared?
• Do we know each board member well?
• Are we setting up action? Or intent?
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QUESTIONS
• Type your question in the “Questions” box
• Click on Send Privately
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Board Roles Activating
the Sphere of
Influence Sharing
Your Story
Engaging In Your Work
Soliciting Donors
Stewarding Donors
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Step 1: Find Champions
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Step 1: Find Champions
• Identify ONE champion
• Help inspire others to work differently
• Gives personally • Believes in philanthropy • Knows your program from the
inside • Articulate and passionate • Admired by others
Take Action:
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Step 2: Change Culture
Take Action: • Ask the RIGHT questions - What gets in the way? - What would motivate? - Share bad news? - Change others?
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Motivation…
• What matters most to you in your volunteer position?
• What are your aspirations for yourself while in this important volunteer position?
• What other volunteer positions, activities, responsibilities would you like to take on?
• Do you have a personal vision for the future? Are you comfortable sharing it?
• Why have you stayed with us all this time?
• What do you like best about your responsibilities? What do you like least? Why?
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Expectations…
• If, from my perspective, something has gone wrong, what is the best way for us to discuss it?
• From your perspective, what is getting in the way of you successfully (the agreed upon action) within the time we agreed?
• Do I understand the issues from your perspective correctly? (After summing them up.)
• What is inhibiting your success? What would enhance your chances for success?
• What can I do differently to help you be more effective? More satisfied?
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Delivery…
• What did we do right?
• What didn’t we do that helped us succeed?
• What will keep you here? What might entice you away?
• What is most energizing about your work?
• To what degree are we fully utilizing your talents?
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Questions?
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Step 3: Identify Early Wins
Take Action: • Provide concrete actions - Share the story with… - Need access to these networks… - Invite action in… - Ask… - Steward…
• Support and Skills
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In Your Own Way?
• Prepared to share the story?
• Credibility to provide names?
• Catalogue of opportunities to engage in your work?
• Partner to do the asking?
• Invitation to steward?
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Prepared to Support?
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Step 4: Identify Movers
Take Action: • Annual “review” conversation... Or now!
• Join the Champion • Ask questions • Who else needs to have this
conversation?
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Case Study The Organization • Medium sized budget
• 18 person board
• Successfully ended campaign in 2008
• Four events - One is gala-type
• Mail, online gifts ~7% of revenue
The Challenge • Getting ready for next
campaign
• A bad case of the “ask backs”
• “You know who I know! There’s no one new!”
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Final Questions
• Final Thoughts
• Special Offer
• Invitation to Participate…
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Final Thoughts & Goodies…
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Step 5: Report on Success
Take Action: • Standing meeting agenda item
• Be ready with next step
• CAPTURE who is doing what and report back.
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The Foundation
• Board engagement stems from genuine and deliberate care for each other.
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Take Action Training • Retreat Facilitation
• Hands-on Skill Building Workshops
- Making the Case - The Donor Puzzle - How to Never Get a No - Stewardship: The Second Most
Powerful “Move”
Consulting • Campaign Planning &
Feasibility Studies
• Fund Development Audit
• Board Development
• Strategic Planning
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Goodie Bag!
• Exit Survey = Get a great tool that you can share with your board to build a “Giving AND Getting” board culture.
• “Like” us on Facebook = Get a copy of our slides
• Comment on our page = Enters you to win a FREE 30 minute consulting session…
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