“Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.”

-- Brené Brown

Fundraising requires some "doing" and some “being.”

The doing is the expected and familiar part: creating a plan, a program, and a list. It addresses choices about what activities to focus on and when to fit them in during a year. It’s about setting goals. That work is necessary for "doing" fundraising but not sufficient for "being" a MEGA Fundraiser.

BEING a mega-gift is about being:

• Present, open, and flexible
• Curious
• A deep listener
• Authentic
• Someone funders and investors can trust
• Patient
• Skilled at creating intimacy

These are some of the ways of "being" that make “doing” fundraising joyful, ease-filled, and successful.

Most fundraising training is like following a recipe for preparing a meal.  First, you do this, then you do that.  Put it in a pan, fry it up, and serve it.

This training program is about how you become a great chef who prepares savory meals WITHOUT following a recipe.

Why it Matters NOW!

You may already know HOW to DO fundraising.  But that will only take you so far.

You know that being under-resourced leads to burnout and bail-out. Doing more with less is NOT the answer.

This program will help you BE the MEGA Fundraiser that will take you and your organization to the next level.

Six Modules, 90min each

This Progam Works Equally Well In-Person or Online (via Zoom)

Module 1

• Get This Show on the Road (Values and Your Why of Fundraising)

Module 2 

• What's Stopping You? (Scarcity and Money Stories)

Module 3

• Fundraise Like a Champ.  (Being Curious, Listening, and Asking Powerful Questions)

Module 4

• Deepening Intuition and Being Authentic

Module 5

• Perspectives (Possibility and Limiting Beliefs)

Module 6

• Bringing it All Together

The Program includes one half-hour coaching session (1:1) for each participant with either David or Margaret.  That's $250 of value included for FREE.

David Langiulli uses his courage, compassion, and wisdom as an experienced Certified Professional Coach (CPCC, PCC) to help leaders and their organizations flourish and thrive. Especially in the face of uncertainty and change. As an Executive Coach, David's been described as: "gently fierce!" Before starting Fundraising Leadership, David led a team of ten development professionals at Princeton University responsible for raising $35million each year for the University. Before this, he served as the Chief Development Officer for Stony Brook University's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  In the for-profit world, David transformed a division of an early-stage entrepreneurial company in San Francisco, where he built and led a team of three dozen researchers, artists, engineers, and marketing managers. He’s a graduate of the Coaching Training Institute's Leadership and Coaching programs. He holds master’s degrees in business and engineering and an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics-engineering.  Fun-Facts: David is a world master's champion in Jiu-Jitsu on a 10-year quest for a black belt and an author of several books on leadership and personal development.

Margaret Katz Cann is a Professional Co-Active Coach (PCC, CPCC).  She specializes in executive fundraising coaching, board training, and consulting, Margaret works with nonprofit executives to stop tripping over their ask, to connect to passion and leadership – and step into the world of compelling fundraising. Margaret is an experienced and joyful fundraiser, having spent 22 years at the Community Foundation Boulder County. She is passionate about the intersection of coaching with fundraising, and the way leaders who are willing and wanting to up their game can step away from anxiety and dread can step into their leadership as fundraisers for their organizations. Her nonprofit clients include executive directors, board members, and development staff, where she works with organizations to plan and then adds coaching to make the plans become reality.