

88. Major Gifts: Finding the Courage to Ask For More - Julie Ordoñez
Meet Julie. She's a change agent, a challenger, a bonafide fundraiser and risk taker. aka: she's clearly our people. The former top 1% performer of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles is now a nonprofit coach, and she's here to talk about the grit and courage needed to ask for major gifts. We're talking how to Change What You Believe, Change How You Fundraise, and Change the Size of Your Impact. Our minds were blown. Tune in!
Episode Highlights
- Julie’s Journey to the non-profit sector - 3:38
- Coaching Clients - 7:53
- 3 change habits to implement today - 11:00
- What happens in the courage lab? - 24:20
- Julie’s powerful philanthropic moment - 30:23
- Julie’s One Good Thing: Ask yourself a lot of questions - 36:20
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