Visionary Fundraising For Nonprofits

Smashed Arrows, Halfheartedness & Fundraising

September 15, 2023 David Oaks Season 4 Episode 54
Visionary Fundraising For Nonprofits
Smashed Arrows, Halfheartedness & Fundraising
Show Notes Transcript

The one thing that will impact your beneficiaries the most is your visionary fundraising capacity.

Visionaries attract resources like a moth to a flame. Visionaries don’t believe money is the answer to their problems, they know that vision is!

To help you grow in your visionary capacity, I have written Visionary Fundraising. In it, you will learn:

  • The five attributes that make up the visionary superpower
  • The number one tool that visionaries use to spearhead a movement
  • A simple formula for creating and telling stories that break the curse of being ignored
  • The ancient rule that visionaries like Barack Obama and Winston Churchill used to break through the noise of culture and be heard
  • The ancient admonition that all visionaries throughout history have adhered to that made them attractive
  • The three kinds of stories visionary fundraisers tell

You can buy Visionary Fundraising on Amazon for $19.99. But, from me, you can buy the digital version (along with three bonuses) for $4.99. I think it is a steal. 

Get Visionary Fundraising today.

To your visionary success!

David

Get a digital copy of David's book: Visionary Fundraising today CLICK HERE
Special price $4.99

You can connect with David at www.davidoaks.net

Destroyed Arrows, Halfheartedness & Fundraising

Jewish storytellers tell about one of their kings who comes to visit one of their prophets. The prophet instructs the king to take some arrows and strike them on the ground three times. 

The king takes the arrows and weakly strikes them on the ground three times. The king’s halfhearted response infuriates the prophet. In anger, he responds, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.”

The point of the story is that halfhearted commitment results in limited success. A lack of zeal and commitment to the task at hand will result in missed opportunity. 

In chapter 17 of my book Visionary Fundraising, I talk about the number one reason visionary fundraisers don't get the money they need - their halfhearted commitment to growing their visionary capacity.

Think about all the things that take your time; what if you had the money to hire a competent person to do them? How would your life be different if you fully understood and walked in your visionary capacity? What if your budget was fully funded? What if you had the budget to hire competent and passionate people to do all the things you hate to do (and honestly, you don’t do them well)?

What if you were freed up to do the one or two things that your organization would benefit the most from? What if you could give your whole heart to doing those things that excite you and fill you with energy?

Only a fully funded budget can make this happen. Getting better at serving your beneficiaries will not get you there. Sorry. 

The one thing that will release an army of qualified and passionate people on your beneficiaries behalf is your visionary fundraising capacity.

Without the money you need, your mission will asphyxiate, atrophy, and die. A robust flow of money allows your nonprofit to blossom and realize its potential in amazing ways.

The more you study, learn, and walk in your visionary capacity, the more likely your vision can happen. 

To help you grow in your visionary capacity, I have written Visionary Fundraising. In it, you will learn:

  • The five attributes that make up the visionary superpower
  • The number one tool that visionaries use to spearhead a movement
  • A simple formula for creating and telling stories that break the curse of being ignored
  • The ancient rule that visionaries like Barack Obama and Winston Churchill used to break through the noise of culture and be heard
  • The ancient admonition that all visionaries throughout history have adhered to that made them attractive
  • The three kinds of stories visionary fundraisers tell

You can buy Visionary Fundraising on Amazon for $19.99. But, from me, you can buy the digital version (along with three bonuses) for $4.99. I think it is a steal. 

Get Visionary Fundraising today.

To your visionary success!

David