Overview

Meet Sterrin. This fundraising expert spent three decades in campaigns and major gifts conducting more than three-dozen capital campaigns with combined goals in excess of $5.5 billion. Bottom line - she knows her stuff 🤩 This tech-for-good guru is walking us through innovation in the modern-day campaign and how to update outdated practices. And her personal story of how philanthropy intersected with her life will have you reaching for the Kleenex.

💡Learn

• How the modern campaign is evolving in a post-pandemic world
• How to integrate innovation & tech into your campaign
• Advice for fundraisers preparing for their first capital campaign
• Misconceptions fundraisers have about soliciting major gifts

Today’s Guest

Sterrin Bird, Senior Director, Nonprofit Industry Advisor, Salesforce

Episode Highlights

• Sterrin’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)
• Innovation in the nonprofit sector + where we are going (7:30)
• Capital campaigns (21:00)
• Misconceptions around Major Gifts (30:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Sterrin’s life (41:10)
• Sterrin’s One Good Thing: Courage, curiosity and letting go of the ear of fear of failure (48:00)

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