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Today’s conversation is with two presenters from this year’s Bridge Conference. June Kress of June Kress Consulting and Chris Rutledge, Chief Development Officer at Friendship Place in Washington, D.C., used a five-skit format to demonstrate ways to encourage executive directors to fundraise, while still getting credit as a development director! In truth, June and Chris are recommending collaboration rather than craftiness. Join us for a fun discussion. Links: June Kress Consulting: www.junekressconsulting.com Chris Rutledge: www.friendshipplace.org *****Timestamped Highlights***** (3:15) Why don’t we just throw a big gala?!? NO (4:35) Setting them free four minutes early: exceeding the Benevon Model (8:45) Hold on! Let’s follow up first. (11:35) Dolph and Chris sing the praises of the trusty blue pen. (14:12) 60:40 (15:45) Avoid jargonese (16:20) Less data, more stories (20:33) DDEDs (Difficult-to-Deal-with EDs) (22:03) More of the “Come to Jesus” approach (23:26) Dolph and June love the weekly meeting. (24:14) “A vague disclaimer is no one’s friend.” (25:10) When you’ve done it to death… (27:30) Six months is a reasonable trial for a DD (29:00) In a parallel universe… |