{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"5-Step Formula for Setting Up a Donor Meeting","description":" For many nonprofit leaders and fundraisers, making the initial donor call feels about as comfortable as parallel parking a boat. Even highly confident professionals suddenly become nervous, overly formal, or strangely robotic the moment they pick up the phone to call a potential donor.   And honestly, it makes sense.   Fundraising calls carry emotional pressure. You don\u2019t want to sound pushy. You don\u2019t want to waste the donor\u2019s time. You definitely don\u2019t want to sound like a telemarketer calling during dinner asking whether they\u2019d like to switch long-distance providers in 1997. So what do most people do?   They ramble.   They over-explain. They talk too long. They apologize unnecessarily. They bury the purpose of the call beneath five minutes of weather updates and nervous storytelling before finally blurting out something vague about \u201cgetting together sometime.\u201d   Meanwhile, the donor has spent the entire conversation wondering, \u201cWhat exactly is happening right now?\u201d Tune in to learn more! ","author_name":"The Nonprofit Mentor -- Tips, Tools & Tactics from the Trenches for Nonprofit Leaders -- by Tom Iselin","author_url":"http:\/\/thenonprofitmentor.libsyn.com\/website","html":"