Empowering your community supporters to share their story
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Talk Details
An experienced fundraiser, Rachel has overcome barriers and time constraints to ensure a change in mindset and regular flow of supporter stories.
Rachel firmly believes that fundraising isn’t just about asking people for money, it’s about inspiring people to give and the power of storytelling. Rachel has proven experience most recently at Youth Talk that story telling is a simple, effective and rewarding tool that will not only help you raise more but lead to new conversations and wider supporter.
In this session she will cover
- how to overcome any internal challenges on speaking with service users
- simple tips to help you prioritise story telling alongside a busy workload
- how to sensitively support, reassure and help fundraisers tell their story
- how to empower the fundraiser to share their story – particularly when they feel uncomfortable asking for money when purse strings are tight or people are fundraising in memory of a loved one
- the importance of celebrating success and a smile
Key learnings from this session
- tips and recommendations to help get internal buy in
- how to make the time and persevere
- how to make it easy for your supporters to share their story
Speakers
Rachel Simkin
Fundraising Manager
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