Asking Without Anxiety: Gain Confidence Asking Your Donors for a Gift
February 27 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Face-to-face conversations with individual donors are the most direct way to ask for larger and more meaningful gifts for your nonprofit… but actually making these meetings happen can bring on anxiety!
The Asking Without Anxiety training is designed to support you in gaining confidence, being more prepared, and feeling less anxious in donor conversations. You will learn how to build relationships with donors in meaningful ways by developing your authentic curiosity and “fundraising listening skills” to help match your mission with your donors’ philanthropic goals. As part of your training, you will practice making a donor ask in a small supportive group.
Learning Objectives
In this lively three-hour training, you will learn tips and tricks for taming your anxiety in donor conversations and practice how to reach out to your donors to more fully engage them in the life of your organization.
Participants will:
- Receive a customizable training manual that gives you the tools and scripts you need to invite your donors to meetings and ask them to support your organization.
- Learn how to relax in your donor visits by using the Connecting Conversations Model.
- Practice participating in meaningful conversations with your donors.
- Increase your skills and confidence to make your donor meetings successful.
Target Audience
This training is for executive directors, development directors, nonprofit staff, or board members who want to gain confidence in reaching out to donors and having meaningful conversations either online or in person.
This is an interactive session. Come ready to participate with your screen on. When you sign up, you will receive some pre-work to do that will take you approximately one hour to complete.
About the Trainer
Jenn Hayslett brings 25 years of leadership experience as a successful fundraiser, manager, facilitator, and trainer to her work as a coach and nonprofit consultant. Her engaging presentation style makes her a highly-rated trainer and presenter.
Jenn has direct experience in all areas of fundraising and marketing for small to mid-sized nonprofits including annual funds, major gift solicitation and stewardship, capital campaigns, grant writing, community organizing, and volunteer management. Her specialty is in building and improving relationship-based fundraising programs.
Jenn Hayslett is a certified trainer and facilitator and received her coach training through Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She is also certified as a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging consultant through the Institute of Nonprofit Practice.
Visit jennhayslett.com for more information about Jenn and her work.