137. Influencing colleagues, (from the archive), with Ben Swart

Fundraising Bright Spots

One of the most difficult challenges for many fundraisers is encouraging colleagues see things from the supporter or partners’ point of view, and to want to do things that would deepen relationships with those supporters and help grow income. And in corporate partnerships fundraising, excellent partnerships are never possible if they’re solely driven by the fundraisers’ hard work. They can only happen if they are genuinely a partnership between two organisations. But with many competing priorities in a charity, its not always easy to get colleagues to understand / want to do things that would serve the partnership or fundraising project. They’re very busy handling other issues. In this episode, Rob Woods talks to corporate partnerships expert and Bright Spot trainer, Ben Swart. They talk about practical things you can do to find common ground and positive outcomes with other teams in your charity. If you want to share this episode because you think it will help other charities – THANK YOU! - we are both on Linked In and on twitter, where Ben is @benswart and I am @woods_rob.