Making Your Case: How to Sell Your Vision to Donors

135 Pages·2009·3.06 MB·English

by  John Scarpucci

Makingg Your Case
How to Sell Your Vision to Donors
by Tom Ahern | www.aherncomm.com
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U.Toronto’s Billion $ Campaign
• Began in 1997, ended 2004
• 217 donors gave $1 million or more
• Of them,, 30 ggave $$5 million or more
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U.Toronto’s Billion $ Campaign
• 95,000 donors gave less than $1,000
• 112,819 donors in total gave
• Almost half were first-time donors
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What a case isn’t
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NNoott aa ggrraanntt pprrooppoossaall.
NNoott aann iinntteerrnnaall mmeemmoo..
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A sales brochure.
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EEmmoottiioonnaallllyy ggrraattiiffyyiinngg, lliikkee
aa ggoooodd nneeww ccaarr bbrroocchhuurree..
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No specialists here!
Case readers are volunteers,
giiviing you a ffew miinutes off
tthheeiirr vvaalluuaabbllee ttiimmee.
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AAnndd yyoouu ccaann’tt eexxppeecctt tthheemm
ttoo rreeaadd ddeeeepp..
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The fickle eye.
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