As fundraisers, we are challenged by funding requests. There are times when you are not included in the process of setting a goal and are just given the end document that states that $10,000,000 is needed to build a sewer system and this could be a naming opportunity! (Okay, I'm overstating a little in making my point). What do you do when that happens?
I've been tempted to complain that the people who authored such a thing are not "fundraisers" and that their request is not well thought. But I choose to stop that line of thought and flip it, to think that this is an opportunity to help colleagues and the people who benefit from their work. It makes planning, implementing and collaborating a time to teach and to help people outside our fundraising professional family to get understanding of the wonderful things that can happen when true fundraising meets opportunity.
I've been tempted to complain that the people who authored such a thing are not "fundraisers" and that their request is not well thought. But I choose to stop that line of thought and flip it, to think that this is an opportunity to help colleagues and the people who benefit from their work. It makes planning, implementing and collaborating a time to teach and to help people outside our fundraising professional family to get understanding of the wonderful things that can happen when true fundraising meets opportunity.
