FORBES Nonprofit Council // When The Fundraiser Already Has The Instincts And Just Needs The Tools

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Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

When you hear me talk about investment level conversations, this is what I mean:​

I want to tell you about a development director I recently worked with.

 She’s natural at listening, connecting, following the thread of what a donor actually cares about. What she didn't have yet was a clear, confident way to talk about her organization's mission succinctly or its true financial need. Like most fundraisers I coach, she needed a few simple tools to lead donors through this conversation.

As a member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council, I shared her story and what changed for her team in this week's article.

READ THE ENTIRE FORBES ARTICLE HERE

Whenever you’re ready to talk about investment level conversations, there are THREE things you can do next:

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share insider fundraising info daily — the same lessons I teach my clients through my consultancy about securing larger major gifts and diversifying revenue. 

🍎 Get Resources + White Papers — download robust resources you can use to push against the nonprofits sector’s scarcity mindset, equip your board, and shift your entire team into high-ROI fundraising.

📈 Work with me to fully-fund your nonprofit organization’s strategic plan and aspirational budget. If you’re a business-minded nonprofit CEO or Executive Director with big growth plans but need to make charitable revenue from relational donors a bigger part of your budget, you can apply to work with me here.

Sherry Quam Taylor

Sherry Quam Taylor works with business-minded Nonprofit CEOs whose Strategic Plans require expansive budgets and larger amounts of general-operating revenue for growth. To become investment-level ready, Sherry helps leaders see their revenue potential and helps them see what may be blocking donors from giving in this way. Sherry’s clients know how to attract larger donors by solving the funding challenges at the root of the issue.

As a result of learning her methodology, Sherry’s clients become sustainable, diversify revenue, and know how to add significant amounts gen-ops revenue to their budgets. But mostly, their development departments and board have transformed into high-ROI revenue generators – aligning their hours with relational dollars and set free from the limitations of transactional fundraising.

Sherry attributes the success of her business to her passion for modeling radical confidence to the future CEOs in her house - her two college-aged daughters.

https://www.QuamTaylor.com
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