We're extremely excited to announce that Joe Tumolo is now Asking Matter's in-house expert on training!

Joe, who coaches fundraisers and board members all over the country to be more intentional and confident about developing donor relationships, has joined the Asking Matters team.

He's here to help our community develop relationships that lead to larger major and planned gifts and more fulfilled donors.

Learn more about Joe and read his first training blog post, Help Them Grow or Watch them Go.

When you’ve been in the business as long as Jerry has, you’ve got a ton to share and lots of people who want to hear your words of wisdom.

Jerry’s webinar with us last year drew our largest audience ever and many asked if we could bring him back!

Join Jerry and Brian as they pick up where they left off last year, talking about the future of fundraising and more in this special free webinar on Tuesday, October 13th at 3pm ET.

In this FREE webinar you'll learn: 

	The 12 characteristics of highly successful fundraisers.
	The board's responsibility in fundraising in 2016.
	How often can we ask.
	…and more!

Your organization has to embrace asking clear across the board in order for you to develop a strong culture of asking.

Think of what it would mean if you did have a culture of asking. First and foremost, fundraising would stop being a dirty word!  We know as soon as we mention the word fundraising most people cringe!

Well, that isn’t going to get us anywhere, is it?  So how do we shape a culture of asking at our organization?  Read these 7 tips to learn how:

Everyone’s excited at the thought of raising lots of money.  But before you even do a feasibility study, you need to be sure you've got people to ask those amazing donors for their gifts!

Who’s asking at your organization today?  Is it all falling on the director of development, executive director, or one or two die hard board members?  That’s a recipe for disaster when it comes to campaigns.

One reason campaigns are successful is there’s so much asking.  But this asking doesn’t come out of the blue.  To get your organization ready for a campaign, you should start to create a culture of asking now.

Join Andrea Kihlstedt and Brian Saber in this webinar to learn:

	What is a culture of asking and how do you get one.
	How can you evaluate your organization’s asking culture.
	Three things you can do to involve your board and staff in asking.

"My work with the Education Foundation of Millburn-Short Hills continues as we enter the feasibility study phase for a capital campaign.  I'm learning tons about education foundations – there are now more than 5,000 around the country.

Though it's frustrating to know education budgets aren't keeping pace with the need, it's heartening to see how eager and willing parents are to do whatever they can to assure their kids get the education they deserve.

As 21st Century learning continues to move away from the acquisition of knowledge toward the synthesis of of ideas in a collaborative setting, it will be critical to provide our teachers with the skills and tools they need to foster this new paradigm in learning."  – Brian

Hope you have a great week of fundraising,

The Asking Matters Team

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