Asking Without Anxiety

Asking without Anxiety is designed to support you in gaining confidence, being more prepared, and feeling less anxious in funder conversations.

This workshop is for executive directors, development directors, nonprofit staff, or board members who want to gain confidence in reaching out to donors and having meaningful interactions either online or in person. In this lively three-hour workshop, you will learn tips and tricks for taming your anxiety in donor conversations and practice how to reach out to your donors to more fully engage them in the life of your organization.

• Receive a customizable training manual that gives you the tools and scripts you need to invite your donors to meetings and ask them to support your organization.
• Learn how to relax in your donor visits by using the Connecting Conversations Model.
• Practice participating in meaningful conversations with your donors.
• Increase your skills and confidence to make your donor meetings successful.

This is an interactive session. Come ready to participate with your screen on. When you sign up, you will receive some pre-work to do that will take you approximately 1 hour to complete.

Asking without Anxiety is designed to support you in gaining confidence, being more prepared, and feeling less anxious in donor conversations. You will learn how to build relationships with donors in meaningful ways by developing your authentic curiosity and “fundraising listening skills” to help match your mission with your donors’ philanthropic goals. As part of your workshop, you will practice making a donor ask in a small supportive group.