The Breakthru Podcast

The Breakthru Podcast

By J.Paul FridenmakerBusinessNon-Profit
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The Breakthru Podcast episodes

  • (9m 20s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The $10 million birthday present

    As we head into the gift-giving season, I’m borrowing a little inspiration from The Twelve Days of Christmas. Welcome to Nine Gifts, No Dancing Ladies, a Breakthru Guide series exploring nine remarkable stories of generosity from around the world. Each week, we’ll look at how a gift came about, what mattered to the people involved, and what happened afterward, with a dash of my own curiosity and imagination.

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    Sources and further reading:

    This 5 minute video says it all - the impact of the Margaret Steele Busary on students' lives (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWTyP-Tt-GY)

    10 min
  • (8m 57s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - David Gilmour is calling. You have an hour.

    As we head into the gift-giving season, I’m borrowing a little inspiration from The Twelve Days of Christmas. Welcome to Nine Gifts, No Dancing Ladies, a Breakthru Guide series exploring nine remarkable stories of generosity from around the world. Each week, we’ll look at how a gift came about, what mattered to the people involved, and what happened afterward, with a dash of my own curiosity and imagination.

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    Sources and further reading:

    Thornton’s account (https://radioideaxme.com/2021/01/22/clientearth-how-law-can-save-the-planet/?utm_source=chatgpt.com#:~:text=Andrea%20Macdonald%2C%20Founder%2C%20ideaXme%3A%20%5B00%3A51%3A29%5D%20In%202019%2C%20David%20Gilmour%2C%20former%20Pink%20Floyd%20guitarist%2C%20donated%20%2421%20million%20of%20auction%20proceeds%20from%20the%20sale%20of%20his%20guitars%20to%20ClientEarth.%20Could%20you%20talk%20to%20us%20about%20that%3F)

    The auction results (https://www.christies.com/en/stories/david-gilmour-collection-auction-results-2cbfd7770850419dbc5b91a607c8827f?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

    Gilmour’s later interview  - and some of the guitars he didn’t sell (https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-interview?utm_source=chatgpt.com#:~:text=It%E2%80%99s%20been%20five%20years%20since%20you%20auctioned%20the%20bulk%20of%20your%20guitar%20collection%2C%20including%20fabled%20Pink%20Floyd%20gear%20like%20the%20Black%20Strat.%20How%20do%20you%20feel%20about%20that%20decision%20now%3F)

    9 min
  • (9m 15s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What's Your 2-Minute Drill?

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    10 min
  • (9m 35s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Conversation You Almost Had

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    10 min
  • (11m 6s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - 30 Reasons To Reachout

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    12 min
  • (10m 42s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Call Me, Maybe?

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    Links referred to in this episode:

    * Strength of Relationship Assessment (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HTV95ZL-p-u0wW4X4QUfWy4isvoJjQ-U/view?usp=sharing)

    * Connecting Worksheet (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_wXLKkwJtuRmfApkLLGuVwErtGYq5_F8/view?usp=sharing)

    11 min
  • (11m 9s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What Are You Noticing?

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    12 min
  • (10m 23s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Curious Case of the Chirping Crickets

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    Links referred to in this episode:

    Strength of Relationship Assessment (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HTV95ZL-p-u0wW4X4QUfWy4isvoJjQ-U/view?usp=sharing)

    11 min
  • (10m 21s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - J.PaulStradamus

    SPECIAL THANKS to my good friend Mike Best for his stellar background vocals and music on this episode🕺🏻❤️😊

     

    Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social) 

    Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)

    11 min

About The Breakthru Podcast

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Welcome to The Breakthru Podcast! I'm J.Paul Fridenmaker, and I've spent more than 30 years exploring the strange, sacred, and deeply human world of major gift fundraising.