From Story to the Ask: A Practical Guide to Raising Funds Effectively

Strenthening your story:
• A proven framework to help participants articulate their impact, strategy and math, answering funders’ key questions and fostering genuine dialogue.
• Table Discussion: Story Development Prompts

Prioritizing personal engagement with your most aligned and capable relationships:
• Help participants get focused using one list to drive fundraising efforts and simplify routines that prioritize their most capable, aligned relationships.
• Table Discussion: Relationship management assessment; Defining qualified relationships for your organization; Developing habits that focus eff orts on a prioritized list of relationships

The essential work of asking:
• Help participants transform monologues into dialogues that meaningfully engage funders when they ask, “How can I help?”
• Table Discussion: Building confidence for deeper conversations and asks; Maximizing existing relationships while cultivating new one.