Nonprofit Leaders: You Can Use a Pitch Deck to Guide Your Donors in Investment-Level Conversations

Nonprofit GrowthDevelopment
Written By Sherry Quam Taylor

The other day I saw a post on LinkedIn that read something like...“A fancy pitch deck doesn't get major donors to give more money.” 

 

Well, my client who just landed a $750K Gen-Ops gift would somewhat disagree with you.

 

Why?

 

Because in the solicitation meeting, the donor said “that’s the best deck I’ve ever had presented to me.”

 

#micdrop

 

Here’s the thing…So many nonprofit CEOs kinda found themselves in fundraising. They’ve tried all the traditional fundraising activities that the sector tells them to do.

 

On the flip side, so many funders are waiting for you to sit down and have a conversation about your true need in an organized manner. They are dying for more details about your multi-year plans, clarifications on your programs, and a clear articulation of your financial need (⬅️this is how you get gen-ops dollars, BTW).

 

So, does PRESENTING a fancy pitch deck with pretty photos and graphics get major donors to give more money? 

NO.

 

Does a confidence-building tool that assists fundraisers in listening and guiding donors through investment-level CONVERSATIONS lead to more gen-ops dollars? 

YES.

 

All my clients learn how to do just this. They simply speak an entirely different language to their donors. When they learn this, individuals, institutions, and corporations grow their gifts tremendously.

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 business-minded Nonprofit CEOs whose Strategic Plans require expansive budgets and larger amounts of general-operating revenue for growth. To become investment-level ready, Sherry helps leaders see their revenue potential and helps them see what may be blocking donors from giving in this way. Sherry’s clients know how to attract larger donors by solving the funding challenges at the root of the issue.

As a result of learning her methodology, Sherry’s clients become sustainable, diversify revenue, and know how to add significant amounts gen-ops revenue to their budgets. But mostly, their development departments and board have transformed into high-ROI revenue generators – aligning their hours with relational dollars and set free from the limitations of transactional fundraising.

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

https://www.QuamTaylor.com
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