Knowledge
Almost everything you read on this blog is information about fundraising. There are many great blogs about fundraising. Plus webinars, conferences, and books. As you take it all in, you amass knowledge about fundraising.
That’s a start …
Experience
With experience, your knowledge becomes more and more real. You learn how those things you’ve learned apply to your situation. You see what knowledge is relevant and what’s not. You even learn that some knowledge is bogus.
The more experience you get, the better. But there’s a way to go even deeper, and get their faster …
Mentoring
Working alongside someone with more experience in fundraising can supercharge your progress through knowledge and experience. A mentor helps you understand your knowledge. Guides you toward the best sources of knowledge. Interprets what you learn in your experience. Helps you get past your blind-spots.
To get good at fundraising (or anything else, really), you need all three.
Jeff Brooks has been serving the nonprofit community for more than 35 years and blogging about it since 2005. He considers fundraising the most noble of pursuits and hopes you’ll join him in that opinion. You can reach him at jeff [at] jeff-brooks [dot] com.
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