One Visit Away
By Kevin Fitzpatrick
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Episodes: 167
Description
One Visit Away is a podcast focused on helping major gift fundraisers achieve their potential by inspiring them to increase the number and quality of visits they have with their benefactors or prospective benefactors. This motivation comes about by hearing fascinating stories of visits that went well from a wide array of development professionals. When you hear these stories of success, you will realize that you too are just One Visit Away from a transformational experience for your benefactors and your organization.
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#155 Why Sales People Fail at Major Gifts
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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#154 Don't Let the Idiots Win
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#153 You Don't Need a New CRM!
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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#152 Your Product Sucks!
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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#151 How To Ask Awkward Questions That Lead to Big Gifts
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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#150 In Home Fundraising Events for Major Gifts!
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#149 You're Not Making Enough Calls!
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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#148 A Clear Path to Success in Major Gifts
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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#157 All Matches Suck... Except This One
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#156 Job Hoppers And Honest Feedback
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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#155 A $500,000 Gift from One Visit!
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#154 Practicing Decisiveness
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#153 “There's Never a Lack of Money, Only a Lack of Vision” with Tom Dauber
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#152 How I Handle Dissapointment
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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#151 Can Asking for Money be Funny?
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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#150 A $250,000 Gift From an Anonymous Donor with Cary Sanders
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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#149 Should You Ask for SOMETHING on Every Visit?
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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#148 Do Major Gift Candidates Lie?
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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#147 I Don't Care When a Nonprofit Spells My Name Wrong
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#146 The Book That Changed My Life
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#145 Major Gift Lessons from an Obnoxious Car Salesman?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#144 Shock Them With How Quickly You Follow-Up with Adam Platzer
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#143 Stop Worrying About Other Organizations!
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#142 Stop Thinking The Donor is a Cheapskate
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May 31, 2023 |
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#141 I Was Too Aggressive with a Donor
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May 26, 2023 |
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#140 Responding to Objections -- It Really Works!
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May 18, 2023 |
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#139 The Appalachian Trail and Knowing When to Quit
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May 11, 2023 |
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#138 I Got Ambushed by a Fundraising Consultant
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May 02, 2023 |
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#137 Some People Won't Like You... Get Over it!
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#136 Be Proud of What You Do--Schedule the Visit!
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Rest In Peace Mary Jane Butera and Carmel Fitzpatrick
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#135 I Chickened Out on the Ask
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#134 Fundraising Success is NOT Fair
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#133 The Secret to Getting a Raise
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#132 Affinity Programs and a $500,000 Gift with Jenni Craig
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#131 Creepy Tall Guy
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#130 The Only 2 Ways to Raise More Money
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#129 From Sales to Fundraising with Mike Rice (Operation Underground Railroad)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#128 How to Deal with Haters/When Donors Lash Out
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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#127 Are You Playing a Game You Want to Win?
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#126 Every Good Story Needs a Villain/Amazon Smile was a Joke
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#125 Crocs and a $5 Million Gift with Bryan Wilburn
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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#124 Are You Paralyzed by What Could Go Wrong?
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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#123 You Might Not Want to Make the Call, but That's the Job with Jon DeLange
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#122 Major Gifts will Suck... Keep Moving Forward Anyway
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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#121 Eviction, Redemption, and a Shivering Goat with Andrew Olsen
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#120 There was a lot of Marketing to do...
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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5 Reasons You Didn't Hit Your Goal in 2022 (And How To Win in 2023!)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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#118 The Most Important Thing You Can Change for 2023
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#117 Personalization and Boundaries with Abby Trahan
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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#116 Stop Treating Your Donors to Lunch!
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#115 It's Too Late for Year-End Asks
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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#114 Are You Doing Things That Are A Little Bit Crazy?
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#113 My Visit With a World Famous Inventor
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#112 Ignore Well-Intentioned Morons
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#111 Are You Giving Yourself Space to do the Most Important Work?
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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#110 How To Determine Capacity
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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#109 10 Tips To Stay in a Major Gift Role for the Long Haul
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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#108 I Don't Know Where to Start (Ask Kevin)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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#107 Transformational Giving and Transforming Lives in Prison with Cary Sanders
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#106 Don't Say No for Your Donors with Jennifer Yin
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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#105 Should I Always Ask for A Specific Number?
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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#104 Forklifts and Fire Alarms with Teresa Huff
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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#103 We're the Type of Organization People Give $100,000 Gifts to
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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#102 Common Mistakes when Scheduling Visits
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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#101 Failures and Triumphs with Tom Myers
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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#100 Don't Say No for your Donors!
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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#099 One More Call
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#098 One Visit can Change your Career Forever
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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#097 My Worst Ask at an Event
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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#096 Behavior Change is More Important than Information
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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#095 A $1.45 Billion Campaign with George Lensing
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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#094 A $300,000 Gift, Tyler Perry, and Joy with Jim Norton and Bryan Cain
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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#093 "Just Ask Me!" with Maria Puccini
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May 31, 2022 |
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#092 One Week Away (Major Gift Millions Website Live!)
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May 30, 2022 |
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#091 Get Comfortable Being Told No
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May 25, 2022 |
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#090 "It's Impossible to Raise Major Gifts Here" OVA Q&A
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May 24, 2022 |
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#089 Great Fundraisers Make Mistakes
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May 23, 2022 |
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#088 Your Mindset Can Lead to 6-Figure Gifts with Dan Bailey
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May 20, 2022 |
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#087 The Largest Gift We've Ever Received with Jenn Baugh
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May 17, 2022 |
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#086 The Power of Giving Gifts To Strengthen Relationships with Alex Trevino
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May 13, 2022 |
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#085 Have I Ever Told You My Story?
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May 11, 2022 |
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#084 One Year of Running One Visit Away Full-Time
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May 05, 2022 |
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#083 Donald Duck, Spilled Coffee, and Closing Gifts While Deployed with Dean Castaldo
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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#082 OVA Q&A "Should I Call or Email to Schedule Visits?"
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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#081 Strategy and Major Gifts with Mitch Muncy
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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#080 Don't be an Idiot and Don't Lie to Your Donors
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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#079 Fundraising Is About the Money!
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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#078 A $110 Million Gift with Jim Langley!
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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#077 Is Asking Questions a Fundraising Superpower?
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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#076 Sometimes You Have to Fire Your Donors
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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#075 Saying No to a $20 Million Gift with Roy Jones
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#074 Getting to "NO"
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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#073 Can Showing Up Unannounced Lead to Big Gifts? with Dr. Russell James
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#072 One of my Worst Visits as a College Senior
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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#071 A Story of Sacrifice and a $1.2 Million Bequest with Austin Byrd
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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#070 OVA Q&A "How Do I Juggle So Many Tasks?"
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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#069 It Took Me Six Years to Get This Visit
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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#068 McDonald's, Striking Oil, and 4 Hour Visits
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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#067 My Awkward Intro to a Famous Millionaire
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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#066 STOP the End of Year Asks and a $500,000 Gift
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#065 I Got Yelled at for Asking for $10,000
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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#064 The First $100 I Gave Away/Canadian Food
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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#063 Stop Saying "We Can't Raise That Much"
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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#062 16 Requests Finally Led to a Visit/$100,000
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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#061 "If You're Gonna Make a Big Ask Now's The Time"
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#060 War Cries/Owen Wilson on Fundraising
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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A Bequest of Beanie Babies with Roy Lowdenback Part 2
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Turtle Racing and Hamster Breeding with Roy Lowdenback Part 1
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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#057 Chicken Tenders and Superheroes with Patrick Belcher
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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#056 He Threw My Presentation on the Desk with Andrew Olsen
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May 24, 2021 |
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#055 Stop Manipulating your Donors!
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May 15, 2021 |
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#054 Kevin's Career Change
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May 07, 2021 |
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#053 Never Be Late (Lessons from my First Boss)
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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#052 Branding and Insecurity with Jacob Laskowski
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#051 Sales Vs. Major Gifts Round 2 with Jake Savage
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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#050 For Sale
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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#049 Hurricane Katrina, Fire, and Discipline
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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#048 A $20 Million Estate and Little Havana
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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#047 A $50 Million Gift from a Millenial with Adam Platzer
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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#046 The One That Got Away with Mike Hoffman
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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#045 The $1.3 Million Unacknowledged Gift with Justin DeMoss
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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#044 Snowpocalypse 2021/Extreme Ownership
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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#043 Michael Jordan and a $200 Million Capital Campaign with Ged Doughton
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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#042 Studying Corpses and a Prosthetic Leg on a Flamingo with Travis McDearmon
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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#041 Hiking 1 Million Miles and Giving $1 Million! with Alicia Fereday
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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#040 Manure Spreading, Glee Club, and Asking About Asking with Kent Stroman
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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#039 No One Wants to Get this Call
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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#038 A $100 Million Gift with Mira Boucher
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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#037 Slammed Fists and Bad Investments
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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#036 Want to Raise $1 Million? Do 66,613 Push-Ups
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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#035 Sales Vs. Major Gifts
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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#034 From One Night in Jail to the Boardroom with Jeff Schiefelbein
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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#033 A Handshake Worth a Million Dollars with Jack Silverstein
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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#032 A $3 Million Gift on a Rookie's First Visit! with Rochelle Platter
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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#031 Kevin's Worst Visit!
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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#030 This is More Money Than I'll Make in a Decade with Cliff Wilkes
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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#029 Go All-In with Major Gifts with Jon Zella
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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#028 The 7-Figure Tree, A Drunk Donor, and Authentic Relationships with Lora Croley
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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#027 They Cut Me Off Before I Could Ask for the Gift!
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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#026 Apple Pie, 6-Figure Gifts, and Spilled Chardonnay with Bill Myatt
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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#025 A $100,000 First-Time Gift with Sam Provenzano
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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#024 They're Not In Our Estate Plan Anymore-- Bonus Episode with Greg Warner
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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#023 Madison Avenue, Cowboy Boots, and a WWII Vet with Jason Lewis
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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#022 The First Time I Prepared for a $1 Million Ask
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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#021 Hot Sauce, Domino's, and The $75,000 Cigar with John Knowles
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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#020 Your Biggest Enemy is the Status Quo with John Oberg
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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#019 A Fun Way to Give Away $645,000 with Scott Maxwell
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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I Wanted the Earth To Swallow Me Up with Mike Reardon
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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A Successful $350 Million Capital Campaign with Peter de Keratry
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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My You're a Good Saleswoman with Jenn Baugh
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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A String of Bad Investments Left Me Broke with Scott Dalton
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Asking for a Range is for Amateurs
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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When You Hustle, Miracles Happen with Lynn Esmail
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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The $5,000 Penny
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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A $200,000 Lesson with Ellen Rossini
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Are You Brave Enough to Ask for a Specific Amount?
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: Kevin as a Guest on Jeff Schiefelbein's Show Undivided Intention
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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This Suggestion Led to a $100,000 Gift!
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Your Pitch is Terrible with Maria Puccini
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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This Will Change the Trajectory of Your Organization with Dan Bailey
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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The One Person Development Team with Val Hrbacek
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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#005 I Will Never Give a Penny To Your Organization
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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He Peed On My Leg with Joseph Hamaty
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May 26, 2020 |
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The Path to $50 Million Raised with Fr. Richard Hermes, S.J. and Nick Suszynski
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May 18, 2020 |
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Get Out of My Office! with Evan Woolsoncroft
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May 11, 2020 |
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Mike Murray
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Apr 29, 2020 |