By Kay Helm
Storytelling and writing are essential skills for missionaries, ministry and nonprofit leaders. In fact, if you struggle to tell stories, you'll struggle to raise the funds you need. Kay Helm is a
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In this episode, I'm answering questions about nonprofit newsletters.
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If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
Storytelling is an essential skill for fundraisers.
What do stories do?
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
The time between Thanksgiving and December 31 is by far the biggest giving season of the year. People expect you to ask. If you don't, the assumption will likely be that you don't need their money.Here's what you need to do now.
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
You know you need to tell more stories to raise funds - but where do you find these stories? In this episode, I share five ways to find the stories you need.
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
In the Food Network show Chopped, just before chefs present their first dish to the judges, they must answer the question, “What would it mean for you to win?”
It's a question every nonprofit must answer.
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
Do you think of yourself as an expert? Maybe you should. We need you to share your knowledge and experience with us.
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If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
Your supporters want to help. Asking them for advice helps you and engages them at a deeper level. You’ll both be glad you did!
Often, when you ask for advice, supporters will tell you exactly how they prefer to be asked for money. The transparency you show in conversations around how you raise funds invites them to also be transparent about how they approach giving.
This isn’t a trick to get them to give more. It is an invitation to understand each other and to come into a closer relationship.
Be sure to report back to them and let them know how their advice helped!
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
In the last episode, we looked at gaps in your storytelling that cause friction. This week, we’re looking at friction in the donation process.
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
Why aren't people giving? Maybe there's too much friction–little things in your messaging or in your presentation that cause hesitation or second-guessing. This week we look at friction in storytelling, and what to do about it.
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
Every story needs change, regardless of the story's focus. By recognizing this and emphasizing it, you can engage and connect with your audience more effectively.
If you struggle to tell stories, you’ll struggle to raise funds.
In the Mission Writers course:
Details at MissionWriters.org
Support the show
Mission Writers is an online course and group coaching experience where you’ll develop and practice essential storytelling skills to help increase funding for your mission. Get started now, for a year of coaching at over 60% off the regular price.
The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.