About this course

Proficiency Area: Resource Generating.

Donor Cultivation is an organization's ability to identify, cultivate, and ask individuals for donations.

In the first lesson toward your gold Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • Measuring this capacity qualitatively, and using this to build motivation.

  • How to discover your personal short-term and long-term motivations surrounding donor cultivation.

  • The connection between basic human needs and your team's motivations surrounding donor cultivation.

  • The practice of identifying each team member's autonomy, purpose, and sense of mastery as motivational levers.

Course curriculum

    1. What you can expect

    2. Before we begin...

    3. Motivation in Donor Cultivation

    1. Getting Motivated to Improve Donor Cultivation

    2. Motivating Others to Improve Donor Cultivation

    3. Check your learning

    1. Getting (and Staying!) Motivated about Donor Cultivation

About this course

  • 7 lessons

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