I try to approach my professional life with generosity. What I know intuitively has been reinforced by the #GoGiver movement.
Here is how I interpret professional generosity.
🌟Generosity is possible when I have an abundance mindset. I do not have to hoard my relationships, my resources, or my knowledge.
🌟When I give, I add value to others. This, in turn, creates personal value.
🌟I work hard to bring my authentic self into my professional and personal relationships.
🌟My influence is determined by how abundantly I put the interests of others first.
🌟What I ultimately get back is dependent on giving more value than I receive.
🌟Generosity is reciprocal. If I want others to accept my giving, I must also be open to receiving.
Now You: How do you express your professional generosity?
#leadership #success #abundancemindset
Fundrasing as a Practice-- Simply Begin
The only choice that we have is to begin. And the only place to begin is where we are. Simply begin” #SethGodin, #ThePractice.
You can begin your #fundraising effort, from just where you are. Just begin. If you have a few individual donors, extend your practice to create a systematic #majorgifts program. The way you do this is by establishing the practices of the major gifts program.
A practice is built by having daily habits and taking action, consistently over a period of time. “Action creates habits, and habits are part of a practice, and a practice is the single best way to get to where you seek to go. (Godin)
You create a major gifts program, by doing the prospecting, cultivating, communicating, soliciting, and stewarding—long before you have the major gift as an outcome.
Start where you are. The commitment is completely under your control, even when the end results cant be.
Now You: What action are you committing to today that will begin your practice?
#fundraising #nonprofit #leadership