198: The Give-Get Fundraising Trap That's Costing You More Than You Think

About this episode

This episode discusses the pitfalls of the give-get fundraising model and introduces a more effective approach to donor engagement.

Your donors don't need a goodie bag, a raffle prize, an auction item, a t-shirt, or a chicken dinner. If your fundraising strategy is built around giving them something in order to get something back, that's the give-get model, and it might be exactly what's slowing your organization down. In this episode, I'm breaking down the difference between a real SPRINT™ campaign and an old-school fundraising method wrapped in new language. I talk about why events, raffles, auctions, and 5Ks aren't inh...

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Host: Christina Tzavaras Edwards

Topics covered

• fundraising strategy
• give-get model
• SPRINT campaign
• nonprofit marketing
• donor engagement

Keywords

• fundraising
• nonprofit
• donors
• events
• raffles
• auctions
• SPRINT campaign

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