The Collaborative Approach to Major Gift Work – A Field Guide Series

Academic Impressions Member Resource Major Gift Officer Development The Collaborative Approachto Major Gift Work A field guide series for gift officers and their teams — built around the Collaborative Donor Relationships Framework and The Five Paths to Leadership®. Resources12 total PhasesReframe · Know Yourself · Practice · Synthesis FormatSelf-paced, interactive Est. time4–6 hours total Start here Begin with Resource 1 — a short video and sorting activity that frames the case for a relational approach to donor work. Begin Resource 1 → This overview page is publicly viewable, but each resource below is exclusive to Academic Impressions members. You’ll be prompted to sign in or join when you click through to a resource. 1 Phase 1 Reframe Why the traditional fundraising cycle is leaving MGOs and donors behind — and what a different approach looks like. Resource 1Start here The Case for a Different Approach Video · Reflection · Sorting activity Names the structural problem with transactional fundraising and introduces the premise that this work should be joyful. → Resource 2 Introducing the Collaborative Donor Relationships Framework Interactive explainer · Scenario · Matching activity The five-phase framework through a scenario. Serves as a reference you return to throughout the series. […]