[Resource] ✨Deeply Authentic Donor Outreach Workshop ✨
Vanessa Baker
I’m again offering my complimentary workshop 
Deeply Authentic Donor Outreach this Friday at noon PST and I wanted to extend an invitation for you to join. It will be a beautiful opportunity to align your head and your heart for the work ahead of you this year. Because fundraising roles aren't easy, and you shouldn't have to do it alone!
Here's the scoop:
As fundraisers, we can find ourselves “performing,” putting on the mask of who we think our bosses and donors expect us to be. We may procrastinate for weeks on donor outreach, and when we finally hit send, the language can feel stiff and the response can be tepid at best.
This stings, because we care deeply about our work and long to be in real relationship with our donors.
But what if the very things we worry about -- our quirks, imperfections, even our newness to fundraising -- are the very keys to unlocking trust, connection, and generous giving?
The thing is -- donors are people, just like us. They want to feel meaning and connection, not be treated like an ATM. When you find the courage to drop the mask and speak with your own voice, you invite them to do the same -- and doors open.
Imagine your donors saying, “I’m so glad you reached out,” “Yes please to that coffee date,” and “Wow, can you tell me more about that program?” I have seen this approach in action and I know that it’s possible.
It doesn’t take a multi-page strategic plan, a glossy Case for Support, or a moves management system installed in your database. All it takes is you and your willingness to show up as you.
In this session, we’ll gather to hold the “muchness” of this work with tenderness: our love, our fear, our courage, our dreams, our failings, and our brilliance. From this place, we will kindle our courage, feel into our strength, and any binding grip inaction may have.
More specifically, we will: Unpack beliefs that may be holding you back Explore mindset shifts that make fundraising more easeful and joyful Learn and practice authentic language you can use immediately
Friday January 9 | 12:00–1:30pm PST | Zoom (7 places left)
This is for you if you:
Are new to fundraising or worried you won’t be taken seriously Have been in the field for years but hide behind the scenes or put off your outreach Are ready to break free from transactional, icky dynamics and connect as humans
Expect: Real talk, connection with colleagues who get it, and the relief of realizing that you can reach out – just as you are.
To learn more or reserve your seat visit www.bravelyaligned.com/workshop.
Warmest wishes to each of you for a gentle, easeful start to the new year. (I just posted a video on LinkedIn with my $0.02 on gentleness here.)
-- Vanessa
Vanessa Baker Rodriguez
Bravely Aligned | Leadership & Fundraising
Call or text: 650.387.1106
My name is Vanessa and I support nonprofit leaders who are committed to showing up bravely and in alignment with their values. I help folks grow their confidence -- whether through leadership coaching or through fundraising mentoring, training, and strategy development.