Q&A:

• What’s the most innovative thing you’ve seen a charity do?
• Innovation as simplification sounds great, but very often we can be afraid to simplify. Why do you think we are afraid of simplification and how can we combat that fear?
• How could someone who has an innovative idea for their org or role successfully pitch that to a leader who is mostly focused on the past or more conservative when it comes to change?

Coaching Question: Innovation can be pointless if it’s not functional. Everyone can think of ideas, but not everyone can think of ideas that are do-able in the constraints of time and resource a charity might face. So, let’s think about functional creativity in your role. Pick one area of your role that you find challenging or laborious and write it down on a piece of paper. Draw a rectangle around it. What is in the top right corner, not out of the box?

If you’re a copywriter struggling to keep up with the demands of copy, outside the box might be another hire to help, so maybe the top wright corner is utilising the power of generative AI to help with creative prompts or the brunt work, so you can simplify your role?

Whatever your role is, think about that top right corner, and how you can bring functional innovation to your role.

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the stress out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Connect with us on LinkedIn to keep the conversation going – we would love to work with you to accelerate your impact.

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Q&A:

• What do you do with a team divided, or people who can’t get on board with change, even if you’ve done all you can to bring people along?
• When do you listen to people who are resistant to change, and when do you bring them along the journey? How do you decide?
• Have you ever managed change badly, and if you had your time over, how would you change it?

Coaching Question: Think about recent change within your organisation. Which of the three camps did you find yourself in, and why? Would you like to be in another camp? What would it take to land in a different camp?

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the stress out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Connect with us on LinkedIn to keep the conversation going – we would love to work with you to accelerate your impact.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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Q&A:

• Why do you think charities are afraid to ask what would 100% success look like?
• Are there any risks with tenacity? How do you make sure you’re staying tenacious about the right things?

Coaching Question: Think of your organisation, or your role within it. What would 100% success look like? Doubling the org’s income, 100 regular major donors, whatever it is. And then think about what would a tenacious person do? How would a tenacious person keep that goal before them and not stop trying until they reach that goal?

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the stress out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Connect with us on LinkedIn to keep the conversation going – we would love to work with you to accelerate your impact.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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Q&A:

• If you’re a leader, how can you dream bigger and think further ahead for your department, what are some tools you recommend?
• If you’re an employee, how do you stay innovative in your role when your organisation more widely isn’t thinking ‘further ahead’ or is maybe a bit more ‘slow moving’?

Coaching Questions:

• Think about the person who is doing your role in 10 years time… what does their day to day look like? Is it similar or different to yours? What could you start doing now to start preparing for the shifts that are to come in your role?
• What does it look like to dream big, see big, and build big in your role? Write down Dream, See, Build on a piece of paper, and write down a sentence for each. This should help you not only think further ahead, but build toward it.

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the stress out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Connect with us on LinkedIn to keep the conversation going – we would love to work with you to accelerate your impact.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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Q&A:

• Motivations can be complex. If I identify a mix of motives in myself, how do I go about lessening the bad ones and magnifying the good ones?
• What if I am working closely with someone who is highly motivated by toxic fear… what are some strategies I could employ to help offset some of the way that motivation kicks back on me and the rest of the team in decision making?

Coaching Question: What’s your motivation at work? Get real and honest. When we work for a charity, we take for granted that all motivations are honest and true, but that is simply not the case. There might be a mix of motivations at work, and even more, a mix of motivations on the teams you’re on or leading. If you can write down your motivation, and the why behind that motivation, you might uncover something deeper about what is driving your momentum at work.

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the stress out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Connect with us on LinkedIn to keep the conversation going – we would love to work with you to accelerate your impact.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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Q&A:

• Can you name a time you’ve embraced an inefficiency in the short term to make room for long-term scalability?
• Is there anything in your career you had reduced for the short term that you regret?

Coaching Question: Ask yourself, where would I like this to be in a year, two years, or five years, and what systems do I need in place to facilitate that growth?

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the stress out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Connect with us on LinkedIn to keep the conversation going – we would love to work with you to accelerate your impact.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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Here are a few of our best tips for storytelling well: 

1. Be Vulnerable: Vulnerability, when used appropriately, can be a powerful tool in building connections, but overuse can come off as manipulative.

2. Be Passionate: Passion draws people in and can inspire them to engage more deeply with your message or product.

3. Be Understanding: Consider your audience's time constraints and life circumstances to show respect and empathy.

4. Be Intentional: Develop relationships with a clear purpose in mind, knowing the desired outcome.

5. Be Yourself: Authenticity is crucial in building trust and genuine connections with your audience.

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the guesswork out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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Defining the Chasm:

- Unfamiliar Experiences: Stories about a vastly can feel foreign at first.

- Building Empathy:*Relatable journeys make people follow along.

Storytelling Tips:

- Show Your Working: Just like in maths, explain the journey, not just the answer.

- Journey Conversion: Take people from where they are to where you are now.

IMPACT Model:

1. Immersion: Engage senses to draw people into the story.

2. Motivation: Share your purpose and reason for being there.

3. Puzzle: Highlight what seemed strange or caught your interest.

4. Affinity: Share what touched your heart and engaged your empathy, and why.

5. Commitment: State your resolve and promise based on empathy.

6. Transformation: Reflect on how the encounter changed you.

Call to Action (CTA):

- What do you want me to do?

- How much does it cost?

- How do I do it?

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the guesswork out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

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In this episode, Mike and Jordan introduce an effective framework for engaging donors through storytelling. They discuss Mike’s "story → paradox → lesson" model, which transforms simple narratives into thought-provoking content. By turning stories into lessons, charities can go beyond merely sharing sympathy-inducing stories to empathy-building narratives and establish themselves as guides and thought leaders. 

The episode includes practical examples of stories that use this method, such as Mike’s time in Iraq at the height of the war with ISIS. Listeners will learn how to contextualise stories for their supporters, to add value and inspire their donor base.

About Charitabl

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the guesswork out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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In this episode, we cover the way we apply Donald Miller’s StoryBrand framework to marketing a charity or non-profit.

The hero's journey framework:

• Hero: The central figure (in this context, the donor) facing a challenge.
• Villain: The problem or obstacle the hero (donor) needs to overcome.
• Guide: The mentor (your charity) providing the hero with the necessary tools and plans to overcome the villain.

Framework breakdown:

• The hero encounters a problem (villain).
• The hero meets a guide.
• The guide gives the hero a solution and a plan.
• The hero follows the plan, leading to success or preventing failure.

Application in non-profit marketing:

• Donor as the Hero: Position the donor as the hero of the story.
• Charity as the Guide: Your charity should be the guide that empowers the donor.
• Engagement Strategy: Use this narrative to create emotional connections and inspire donors to act.

About Charitabl.

The Charitabl. App provides secure, affordable, and simple payment solutions to charities, to take the headache out of digitising and make great tech available to non-profits of all sizes.

The Charitabl. Agency takes the guesswork out of your fundraising through creating compelling campaigns, successful appeals, coaching your team, and embedding foolproof strategies to help you raise more money.

Be sure to like, review and subscribe to The Fundraising Podcast!

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