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7C’s of Fundraising

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Last week, members of the Francis Magalona Foundation and The OneCORE Success Center teams were able to have a sit-down with Mario Derequito an expert at fund-raising for non-profits and good causes. He shared with us valuable insights.

The first: what perspective or frame of mind is most effective for fund raisers. Instead of thinking that you’re begging for funds think: “I am giving people the opportunity to do something good.” The shift in thinking is very powerful. It puts the person asking on equal footing with the person being asked from.

The second: the 7C’s of Fundraising.

  1. Cause – Why? What is the purpose of your fundraising?
  2. Cost – Breakdown of where the funds raised will be used for. What is the cost per head?
  3. Clock – What’s the timetable? By when do you need it?
  4. Contacts – Who is in your network? How do you contact them? Database!
  5. Call – What do you say to your targets? What’s the message? What’s the pitch?
  6. Channels – How do they donate? Where and how?
  7. Controls – How is the money used? Report back to the donors.

If I’d add something – I’d add Contracts – I’ve had experience where a corporate sponsor already agreed to sponsor one of our projects. The agreement was detailed in a contract plus there were email communication (there was even an email trail documenting the agreement). My client then proceeded with the project advancing the needed funds. However the sponsor failed to remit the promised funds (and not because they were hard up for cash or bankrupt). Having a SIGNED contract made all the difference because it allowed my client to pursue a legal course of action. Do gooders need to have legal protection in place too.

5 Things I Learned about Broken People

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Originally on 5 Things I Learned – March 2, 2011

Life is a journey of ups and downs. Those that have a good life, learn the value and skill of self-healing early on. In the past two weeks alone, I’ve encountered so many people, from all walks of life and of various ages that share one thing in common – they are broken (and have been for some time).

Broken people are people who have been hurt but have not healed-they are still hurting. There are many different causes of brokenness and reasons for why one did not heal. Sadly, I have come to realize that there are many many more broken people and for so many of them they remain broken for years and maybe even till the day they day. There’s so much more to say about this, but for now I’ll stick to my 5 Things…

1. Broken people break other people.

Broken people are guarded – they are not generous with themselves. Why? Because their life experiences have caused them pain so they guard themselves as best as they can so as not to get hurt again. They are afraid to be vulnerable so they put up a front. The front can be of strength, of candor, of leadership, of arrogance and sometimes even of empathy. The basic commonality is that they keep most if not all people at a distance and they do not let themselves be vulnerable.

In being guarded however, a broken person is always on the defensive…such that if another person rubs him/her in the wrong way the broken person can react very strongly. In worst cases, a broken person is on the offensive – the insecurities that are rooted in his/her brokenness are always at the surface. They are ready to battle others anytime even over the smallest of things. The most broken people even cause brokenness around them. Some are negative, skeptic, unduly critical, not supportive, irritable, etc. these can be seen both in their words and in their actions which affect the people around them.

Broken people do not empower – the worst of them disempowers other people. I would bet through that they do not do this intentionally. Most are unaware of how their words, actions and behavior hurt other people. In many cases, it makes sense to them so they don’t have any reasons to change (this is the same for ourselves and our own brokenness).

2. Acknowledge your own brokenness.

Life’s ups and downs affect us all. No one is spared. So we’ve all been hurt, and most of the time we are also bearing our brokenness (usually hurts from our childhood that never healed).

I’m sure we’ve all been ‘broken’ at some point in our lives and it is highly likely that we will experience it again. The likelihood that we will feel pain and experience brokenness  again is high. Given this, understand where the other is coming from. The worst thing we can do for the people around us, is pass on our brokenness to them. So when you find yourself in that situation, take stock of the bigger picture and don’t lash out.

On the flip side, acknowledging our own brokenness should also lead us to #3.

3. Approach the broken with gentleness, sincere concern and genuine love.

If you are currently dealing with someone who is lashing out because he/she is broken…you know how easy it is to just respond in kind – with anger, irritation and harsh words. That however does not make you nor the other person better, instead it contributes to your own and their brokenness. So instead of meeting him/her head on (biting the bait, so to speak), approach him/her with gentleness, sincere concern and genuine love.

As John Maxwell states in the Situation Principle in his How to Win With People book: Strive to remember that a person is separate from the situation he/she creates. Focus on the person. Trust me it isn’t easy… in fact it is one of the most difficult things you are going to do in life. But it does become easier the more you do it.

That being said, if the person really did something terrible he/she should still be held accountable for his/her actions. Just because he/she was hurting doesn’t give him/her the right to hurt others.

4. Be generous with your power to heal.

It requires a great amount of generosity of self to be able to see an individual who is hurting himself and others. It even takes a greater amount of generosity of self to be able to be present and to share your healing power with someone who is hurting.

Being given the opportunity to provide presence, comfort, feedback, wisdom, assistance to another person is a gift! It isn’t easy to show pain and be vulnerable to others. As Coach Pia mentions in her book Born to Be A Hero, you have to watch out for listening moments and teaching moments.

5. Be patient and encourage all the time.

People heal at their own pace. Respect that pace. Rushing a broken person will not help him/her. This is true for yourself as well as the people around you.

More people will discourage and pull others down rather than encourage and lift others up. The second is more powerful!

Let’s Make Things Happen!

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Ten years ago, I made a decision to improve the quality of life of Filipinos. In the process of discovering how to accomplish this, I have amassed a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience that would be valuable for small-medium enterprises, non-profits and social enterprises.

I’ve had two areas of focus: business/organization development and personal/human development and a growing list of sectoral and industry experience and exposure. This wide breadth of knowledge, skills and exposure has made me an effective manager, innovative thinker and valuable addition to organizations.

This website serves as a medium for sharing my thoughts and experiences in development, business and life.

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5 Things I Learned about Opportunity

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Over the past few weeks I’ve been very sensitive to the opportunities that have been coming my way…whether it be opportunities to cultivate relationships or opportunities to work or for income or opportunities to learn something new…thus the inspiration for this post.

1. Opportunities are always unique.

The set of favorable or advantageous circumstance that constitute an opportunity exists only once. Though similar opportunities are likely to emerge later on, it is not the same…the outcome could be radically different. That being said it is necessary to be sensitive to opportunities that fill our life. Each opportunity could change your life or the life of the people around you forever.

2. Opportunities are around you…if you are looking.

Opportunity can be screaming at you and yet you still miss it. Being sensitive to opportunities requires that you take a step back from whatever it is you are expending your energy on. That being said, focusing on something shouldn’t disable you from recognizing opportunities. Just make the effort to be on the look-out, and you’ll begin to recognize them.

3. As H. Jackson Brown Jr. aptly articulates “Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.” You need to be ready for when the opportunity arrives.

I’ve seen many people dream of and focus on the ‘big break’ – that one opportunity that will send them soaring to success all the while disregarding their own ability to take advantage of the opportunity if it should pass their way. Seeking out opportunity should be coupled with capacity (knowledge and skill) building. I’ve also found that in capacity building one also increases one’s sensitivity to opportunities…you can see something and not recognize it for what it is.

4. Share opportunities with others.

People can be greedy with opportunity. Don’t let opportunities go to waste if you think somebody else might be able to take advantage of it (most especially if you decide not to use it yourself.)

5. No regrets and no what ifs…Delve into your chosen opportunity wholeheartedly.

Choose wisely…more often than not we are faced with multiple opportunities – a menu of paths to choose from. Not all of them are good, some of them are better, there may be more than one best option. Regardless of what opporunity you take advantage of, adopt a disposition of “no regrets and no what ifs”. Choose what is best according to your own standards – choose without fear, without sadness, choose with complete ownership of your decision.

Yesterday in a discussion about the difference between quarter-life crisis and mid-life crisis, Coach Pia of One Core explained that there is a freedom in making a commitment but even so the reality is that in making that commitment you forego other opportunities. So even if you make sound decisions in your quarter-life you will still have to deal with the questions of mid-life which pertain to those foregone opportunities. The difference is that, with sound decision making you it will be easier to reconcile with what has been foregone.

First published on my blog 5 Things I Learned last July 5, 2011.