We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits 224. What Matters Right Now: Mindsets for Fundraising - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Mallory Erickson
This Friday series on 8️⃣ Trends That Matter in 2022 is 🔥! This week we're talking through our 3rd trend: Mindsets for Fundraising. And there was truly no other expert guest option to bring into the convo other than the incomparable, Mallory Erickson, who is the queen of understanding where your head is at before you cultivate relationships.
💡LEARN (in this chat)
- Why exploring the limits of your mindsets is absolutely essential for every fundraiser in the business. (Emotional intelligence alert!💡)
- The correlation between energy + empathy
- Tips to get out of the chaos of the job + get out of your own head
- Framing your mindsets & understanding fundraising inherently involves rejection
Episode Overview
- Tone setting (1:00)
- The convergence of energy and empathy (5:00)
- Catabolic vs. anabolic energy (6:00)
- Where to start with this internal work (18:00)
- Working through these mindsets with your team and community (26:00)
- Mallory’s One Good Thing: Listen to yourself + acknowledge and validate those feelings. (30:00)
- POWER PARTNERS FORMULA™
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