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Community faith-based fundraising is about more than a culture of praise and prayer. While those things are good, much of the success faith-based organizations find in this area can be attributed to learned technical skills. Specifically, language and communication skills. Frontier has spent the last 11 years helping clients speak the language of effective faith-based fundraising. Matt and Ben want to use that experience to help you take your organization to the next level on this episode of Frontier FM.

• Canadian faith-based fundraising statistics [1:37]
• Finding the balance between authenticity and mass appeal as a faith-based organization [7:26]
• How inclusivity plays a role in faith-based fundraising [9:59]
• Learning to speak the language of effective faith-based fundraising [14:10]
• Giving from a spiritual perspective [17:10]
• How value alignment strengthens fundraising [20:25]

• Email Matt and Ben YOUR fundraising questions at [email protected]!
• WayBase
• Pew Research Center
• The Spirituality Of Giving: From A Christian Perspective by Melodie Gabriel (Article)
• A Spirituality of Fundraising by Henri J.M. Nouwen (Book)
• Principles for the "Spirituality of Fundraising" (Excerpt)
• Lecture from Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Matt and Ben are vaxxed up and ready for the summer of 2021! Are you? On this episode of Frontier FM, the guys keep it short and sweet while talking about several things from old Netflix shows to how COVID has changed the international fundraising community. They also discuss how the imminent "Hot Donor Summer" might affect fundraising efforts in the future. It's a quick, fun episode that you don't want to miss!

• Ben's fundraising "nerd moment" with an unreleased copywriting tool [0:50]
• A new podcast all about diversity and inclusion in fundraising [3:50]
• Getting ready for "Hot Donor Summer" [4:49]
• How COVID has changed the international fundraising community [6:10]
• The "new normal" for fundraisers and families [7:40]
• Fundraising mindsets and messaging in a post-pandemic world [10:36]

• Email Matt and Ben YOUR fundraising questions at [email protected]!
• The Copy Optimizer - A fundraising copywriting tool Ben has been using that's currently in development
• Jeff Golby - CEO of Acts for Water - https://acts.ca

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• Frontier on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontiermarketingco/
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To err is to be human. Have you ever made a mistake that felt like a grave error? How as a team do you manage that failure? Is there a positive in the mess? Matt and Ben tell stories of failures and errors they have experienced and how they were able to handle them.

• Gearing up for a great Sabbath Week at Frontier [1:23]
• An important quality for great clients to have [9:24] They accept our rest. How clients respond to rest is important.
• The time Ben accidentally killed someone (not literally) [10:18]
• The time Matt accidentally gave someone a false diagnosis [12:42]
• More of Ben's best digital and print marketing mess ups [15:35]
• Turning mistakes into opportunities [19:16]
• The two things every marketing agency needs to do to mend mistakes with clients [21:55]

• Email Matt and Ben YOUR fundraising questions at [email protected]!
• The 7 Types of Rest that Every Person Needs (Article)
• How Great Clients Can Change Your Life (Article

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The microphone gets turned onto Ben this episode when Darian Kovacs from Jelly Marketing and Marketing News Canada interviews Ben about Frontier and his history with making charities successful.

Is volunteering a form of giving? Matt and Ben dedicate this episode to all the volunteers out there, and how charities can make an exciting next step with their volunteers to transform into donors.

Ben is joined by Mark Petersen from Stronger Philanthropy. With some reminiscing, they also delve into the Enneagram, the work world, and major donors.