FORBES Nonprofit Council // Maximizing Impact: Why It’s Time To Rethink The Board Give/Get Model

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Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

As you know, I'm an Official Member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council! You can see all my articles here. 

This month's NEW article is called “Maximizing Impact: Why It's Time To Rethink The Board Give/Get Model”. 

If you've followed me for any length of time, you know I have such a LOVE/HATE relationship with Board Give/Gets!  

“When give/get targets are in place, fundraising staff may avoid soliciting board members, leading to a disconnect in how fundraising should be approached. Board members might be hesitant to ask for donations because they view fundraising as overly aggressive. In this case, leaders should ensure their staff members are modeling what relational solicitations look like. It’s not twisting arms or begging for money. This misperception hinders the development of effective fundraising strategies and reinforces negative stereotypes about the process.”

CLICK HERE to read the rest of the article.

Whenever you’re ready, here are THREE things you can do next:

👣 Follow me on LinkedIn where I share the same lessons I teach my clients about attracting larger gen-ops dollars and adding 7-figures + to their bottom line. 

🍎 Read my GUIDE! THE TRUTH ABOUT GIVE/GETS :: Top 5 Reasons Your Board’s Give/Get Is Leaving Thousands (Sometimes Millions) on the Table. See how limiting board members to the Give/Get model restricts gifts and keeps your staff from reaching their full fundraising potential. Here to get it.

📈 Work with me to scale your org's revenue by 2-5X and fund your organization’s Strategic Plan // If you’re a business-minded CEO already raising MILLIONS but need to diversify revenue and secure more general-operating dollars to invest in growth, you can apply to work with me here.

Sherry Quam Taylor

Sherry Quam Taylor works with growth-minded Nonprofit CEOs who are scaling their organizations but still need larger amounts of general operating support to truly grow. She breaks their teams free from the limitations of transactional fundraising and helps them reimagine their entire approach to revenue generation.

The high-performing leaders Sherry works with want to find and secure more unrestricted revenue from investment-level donors. They simply need more funding to do what’s in their Strategic Plan. To achieve this, she transforms their teams and boards into high-ROI revenue generators - revealing how they can align every hour they spend fundraising with new principles that double and triple donation sizes.

As a result of learning her methodology, Sherry’s clients regularly add 7-figures of gen-ops revenue to their bottom line by learning how to attract investment-level donors that WANT to fund their work. But the biggest transformation they experience is knowing the exact strategy, path, and team that will propel them to generate the 2-10X dollars their strategic plans require.

Sherry attributes the success of her business to her passion for modeling radical confidence to the future CEOs in her house - her two teenage daughters.

https://www.QuamTaylor.com
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