Join the USM and Washburn & McGoldrick
Between March and December, Washburn & McGoldrick will present eleven, 45-minute long, live webinars on Zoom on a variety of topics. These webinars are free for our USM colleagues and you are welcome to attend as many or as few as you wish. Each webinar will feature a presentation from Anne Berry and Susan Pettyjohn as well as a question and answer portion.
Each webinar will be held from 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm.
There is no cap on participation for these webinars, but you must sign up and register for them in advance.
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Please note that you must login to Zoom before registering.
Developing a Prospect Solicitation Strategy
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
- Why you should have a strategy for your Top Ten prospects
- Key elements of a prospect solicitation strategy
- Using the strategy to guide your work:
- If you can’t write it down, you can’t do it…
- Identifying what you know and what you don’t, and using that to set agendas for conversations with your prospects
- Regular review and adjustments
- Using your strategy with your manager and your volunteers
- Live Q&A
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How to plan a solicitation meeting or discussion
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
- Who?
- Where?
- Developing the agenda
- Anticipating potential questions
- Who says what?
- How to wrap the meeting
- Preparation/rehearsal
- Props: in advance, in the meeting, afterward
- Live Q&A
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Anticipating and Responding to Donor Questions
Thursday, November 17, 2022
- Why you should always ask for a glass of water
- Questions from donors: three main categories
- How to listen athletically and make sure you know what’s being asked
- How to respond to typical questions
- Questions of trust and confidence, and how to respond
- Live Q&A
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Closing a Gift: Nine strategies that work
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
- How to know when it’s time to close a gift
- Nine strategies that work
- Two gift officer traps to avoid
- When to call the question, and how
- Live Q&A
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