THE FOUR BENEFITS OF CATHOLIC-CENTRIC FUNDRAISING:

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1 How do you take what you love to do your Catholic faith, your desire to follow Jesus Christ, your evangelization, your call to bring the Kingdom of God to the world and turn it into a Catholic cause that keeps going, creates impact in the world, and gives you the freedom to do what you really love? Follow along and take notes as I show you the critical things you need to know to fundraise in a Catholic context. THE FOUR BENEFITS OF CATHOLIC-CENTRIC FUNDRAISING: 1. Prayerful Liturgical Celebrations How much more could you focus on Jesus Christ and Church teaching if you didn t have to disrupt liturgical celebrations with donation requests? 2. Spreading Your Message What could you do more of if Catholics heard your message and were inspired to support the work you are doing? 3. Long-term Faithful Supporters What type of people would you like to support you? % Focus on Your Cause If you could spend more time doing what you really want to do, what would you choose to do to fulfill Christ s call the spread the Gospel? 1

2 THE CORE STRATEGY TO CATHOLIC-CENTRIC FUNDRAISING: The List Hint: You focus your fundraising into categories which focus on. Category Specific Focus Names of 10 People Category 1: Category 2: 2

3 THE CORE STRATEGY TO CATHOLIC-CENTRIC FUNDRAISING: The List Hint: You focus your fundraising into categories which focus on. Category Specific Focus Names of 10 People Category 3: Category 4: 3

4 THE CORE STRATEGY TO CATHOLIC-CENTRIC FUNDRAISING: The List Hint: You focus your fundraising into categories which focus on. Category Specific Focus Names of 10 People Category 5: Category 6: 4

5 THE FOUR TYPES OF CATHOLICS THAT THIS IS PERFECT FOR: 1. You already work or volunteer with a Catholic cause (maybe a religious community, parish, or diocese) and you re ready to fundraise even better. 2. You re a religious or lay volunteer but you don t have time or money to fundraise in the old-fashioned ways of doing so. 3. You are doing something on your own or plan to do so soon and are responsible for your own fundraising. 4. You currently are not working or volunteering with a Catholic cause but you are thinking of starting or getting involved. (If you fall into one of these four categories, you re going to enjoy the next lesson I have for you it s about how to structure your campaigns including how you can move forward with no prospects or donors, you basically get them to come to you before you even ask for a donation.) EXERCISE: THREE QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE YOUR FIRST CAMPAIGN: 1. Why do you want to fundraise? 2. What does fundraising look like to you in terms of the Catholic faith and approach to asking for money? 3. What will fundraising do for your cause and your faith? Please leave a comment below the video and tell me, What would a successful fundraising campaign mean to you? Just scroll down and in the comments section and share with me what a successful campaign would mean to you. 5

6 LOOKING AHEAD IN THE 3-PART VIDEO WORKSHOP Lesson 2 How to Get Catholics to Donate in Your Next Campaign In the next lesson, I will show you how to use the Catechism of the Catholic Church to structure your communications and campaigns. This approach has helped me improve my fundraising year after year. More importantly, it s helped the Catholics I teach how to move forward with their fundraising much easier. The structure follows the Catechism s explanation that there are four essential forms of prayer: intercession, thanksgiving, blessing, and petition. These four forms will help you inspire more Catholics to donate. I also include a downloadable PDF guidebook so you can get your campaign moving forward immediately. Lesson 3 Long-Term Fundraising Success This lesson is all about you moving forward. I am a big fan of learning, but all the learning in the world won t move you forward so this lesson is all about you moving into action. This lesson is about moving into action. I help thousands of Catholics with their fundraising through my website and many others 1 on 1, but now it s time for you to take it to the next level. I share with you how to get moving forward and also include a downloadable PDF action program which outlines everything you need for long-term fundraising success. 6