#280 - Money Mindset and Fundraising

Published: April 1, 2024, noon

Are you giving money too much power in your fundraising efforts? Are desperation and scarcity sabotaging your fundraising success? \U0001f623

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You\u2019re not alone, my friend. Many leaders try tactic after tactic, only to come up short again and again. Exhausting, right?

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But what if the real barrier isn\u2019t your savvy strategy, but your mindset? \U0001f4ad

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On this week\u2019s episode of Nonprofit Lowdown, we\u2019re diving deep into money mindset to discover how trauma and the stories we tell ourselves about money affect our fundraising for better or worse.\xa0

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Here are a few of my takeaways:

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\U0001f511 Trauma and money experiences get encoded in our brains and bodies, affecting our fundraising mindsets and results

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\U0001f511 Attaching heavy emotion like desperation or scarcity to money activates our fight-or-flight response

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\U0001f511This traps us in survival mode rather than abundance - and donors feel that!

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\U0001f511By unpacking our money stories and shifting to an abundance mindset, our outer results can transform.

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This is where the real work starts. We have to go inward to unearth our subsurface money narratives. What did your family say about money? What emotions come up when you fundraise? When you uncover the answers to these questions and shift your mindset, you\u2019re going to see a huge transformation in your numbers too!\xa0

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Ready to address inner blocks and finally hit your fundraising goals?\xa0

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Important Links:

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https://go.rheawong.com/money-quiz

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https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program

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