Getting the dollar amount of an ask right---in a gift solicitation---is incredibly important. It saves time and face with a donor! Are you presently going into gift conversations shooting from the hip---and/or burdened by your own biases around money? Can you avoid the awkwardness of inappropriate ask amounts: either too high or too low? How can you help donors you know make the right level of donation to make the maximum impact they can? Larry Raff, creator of the Abacus Major Donor Ask Calculator, LLC---link here: PRICING | Free Trial - Abacus Major Donor Calculator (donorabacus.com)---schools us on the Science of the Ask, and how to laser-focus on the amount you SHOULD be asking for!

Internationally focused nonprofits have the same challenges U.S.-based nonprofits do---but sometimes those challenges are even more complex! How do you build relationships with donors, be accountable to them, focus on innovation, use technology well, and transform critical partnerships all over the planet? How does a global org juggle all these necessary tactics of fundraising? Will it all fall apart without proper strategic leadership and execution? Join us for a unique conversation to learn how Stephanie Guzman---VP of Development and the U.S. Director for the Kenya Education Fund---puts all the pieces together!

Cash comprises less than 10% of the average American's asset portfolio. So, why do so many nonprofits endlessly solicit for cash gift donations only? And why are so few NON-cash asset donations made? Where did this all go wrong? Non-cash asset donation expert Brad Caswell unpacks this conundrum---and how and why we should all be a lot more comfortable with this massive opportunity! He tells us how to completely disrupt the cash trend in favor of what Americans can more easily donate: non-cash!