Invictus Strategies的动态

At the core of Invictus is a team of talented fundraisers who love our country and spend their days helping conservative organizations succeed. Today, let’s get to know Invictus founder and CEO Andrew McIndoe. 1?? What inspired you to launch Invictus Strategies? From my time leading a large team of fundraisers at a major nonprofit, I learned a lot about how conservative philanthropy currently works – and grew convicted about the ways we need to reimagine our approach. I launched Invictus as a place where donors could turn for advice on how to direct their philanthropic dollars to the highest and best use. I’m confident that by helping investors be strategic and results-oriented, the organizations in our movement will become more forward-thinking, dynamic, and fiercely driven to win. We are connecting the most generous philanthropists with proven winners and seeing tremendous ROI. ? That’s my main vision for Invictus. To see conservative donors set clear objectives, be highly targeted, and be highly leveraged. And to see the recipients of their giving respond by putting lead on target and achieving measurable outcomes for the good of our country. 2?? What’s a piece of career advice that you live by? ? My advice would be to “bloom where you’re planted.” Rather than try to replicate the success of other people, leverage your own personality and skills. If you have a strong work ethic and eagerly take on any task that comes your way, that’ll take you a long way in life.?Whatever role or position you find yourself in, do your absolute best work every day and good managers will take note and advance you. 3?? What experience in life first made you realize the value of conservative principles? ? Looking at my first paycheck and wondering who “FICA” was! 4?? What are your most rewarding hobbies outside of work? ? Outside of work, I enjoy playing golf,?cooking (usually with a glass of wine in-hand), and travelling. I’m involved in my church and serve as a trustee of my alma mater, Grove City College. And, of course, I love spending quality time with my lovely wife and three young kids.

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This is sad to see, but I guess inevitable in today's non-phone answering world. This was my first real fundraising job! It was a coveted role at Bradley University and not one often given to freshman - but I got it! It was "old school." You sat in a phone bank and called alumni, asking about their Bradley experience, sharing a bit about yourself and then asking for their support! It's everything I love about fundraising - now almost 20-years into my nonprofit career - It's getting to know people and what they are passionate about, letting them know you as you build trust and rapport, and ultimately making the ask to support your mission! I've always said that every young person should at some point wait tables and work in retail. You'll always tip and always refold a shirt! I did both throughout high school and college. I would add to that... any young person who wants to get into the nonprofit world should find a way to have an experience like I did at The Bradley Fund. You learn about rejection (yes, some alumni said "no, thank you"), you get to celebrate success when a gift comes in (of course there was a bell to ring!), you build confidence in your asking ability, and you meet some of the most interesting people! The Bradley Fund may be "hanging up their phones for the last time," but the memories and gratitude I have for that experience will last forever. #collegejob #nonprofitcareer #fundraising

One of the greatest #challenges to our work is the concept of #NIMBY -- Not In My Back Yard. It generally points to a #hesitancy or #prohibition to develop certain businesses, organizations or programs in particular areas or neighborhoods. But what if we flipped the acronym on its head and consider it instead to mean Nonprofits In My Back Yard... I often have the #opportunity to speak to #civic and #community organizations about our work. I don't take these speaking #engagements lightly. I know these gatherings are often where #decision-makers and community #leaders convene. On these occasions I have a few precious #moments to champion #nonprofits, #social enterprise and community development to a captive audience. In my most recent talk, I reframed #NIMBY to this new audience and challenged them to consider giving the 5 #T's of #Time, #Talent, #Treasure, #Ties and #Testimonies to organizations in their community. Today, I challenge us to consider how we might invest the five T's to #nonprofits in our back yard: #Time. Time is arguably our most precious commodity. We can't get more of it and we all have equal amounts within a given day. It is #valuable and our #nonprofits need it. Where can we increase our #investment of time with a nonprofit? #Talents. We all have experience, gifts, and skills to offer. Where can we use our talents to better our community through #partnership with a nonprofit? #Treasure. All of us have unique opportunities to invest in our local community through #monetary #donations. What nonprofits do we currently support and how do we better #steward our #resources to contribute our treasure to a nonprofit or two? #Ties. Where are we #connected and how can we use those ties and connections to help benefit a nonprofit? #Testimony. Stories of our own experiences are #powerful and #impactful. How has an arts organization, youth center, food pantry or sports program impacted us? Testimonies of how nonprofits have met needs or altered our path in life are powerful indicators of the value of nonprofits in our communities. Take the five T's #challenge and consider how nonprofits in your back yard can benefit from your time, talent, treasure, ties and testimony. Community Development Professionals, LLC Community Development Professionals

Last week was the 112th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States. Earlier this month I was happy to read the NYC headline, "Girl Scout Troop Resolved to Support Migrants Despite Backlash." You see, Nonprofit Champion is more than the name of the business I run. It’s even more that the work I do every day, supporting nonprofits. It’s the result of a lifelong dream. It started when I was a Brownie (that’s a 7 year old Girl Scout). I was in the second grade and my mother was the troop leader. At that point I knew absolutely nothing about nonprofits. I had skipped kindergarten, so I probably didn’t know a lot of important life lessons. Then I heard about Juliette Gordon Low. Learning how this woman (a bit eccentric but I didn’t know that yet) had started an organization just for girls was eye opening. It was not just my little troop, but there were other Brownies in other schools all over the country. Wow. That was impressive to my little beanie-wearing self. Juliette became my idol. She taught me that girls matter. She taught me that you could create a movement and that movement was called a nonprofit. I learned a lot of things as a Girl Scout. Many of them impacted my life but nothing was more important to me than the simple lesson I learned from the Juliette Low story: If you have a vision, you can create something much bigger than yourself. I’d like to say that there was a straight path from that discovery until today. There was not. I did many things in my career, including a short stint working for the Girl Scouts. But as I used the leadership skills I learned in Girl Scouts and became successful in my marketing career, thoughts of her never went away. I knew I still wanted to inspire possibility like she did. That dream landed me right where I needed to be. I realized I did not want to be a Juliette Low, I wanted to create Juliette Lows. I’m sharing this story with you because it is the reason I champion nonprofit founders and leaders. It is also the reason I believe your possibilities are endless. Juliette Low started Girls Scouts 112 years ago. Imagine how much the lives of girls and women have changed in that time! Yet, it, like so many great organizations, has adapted and continues to fill a need. That’s what nonprofits do.

"Across the Deep South, we see examples of foundations and philanthropists creating complicated grant applications and reporting requirements in order to dole out small sums of money to communities upon whose backs their wealth was built in the first place. Imagine the trauma of applying for funds from a foundation that bears the name of the people that enslaved your ancestors. And then being forced to center the shortcomings of your community in order to convince them that your request is justified." - Vichi Jagannathan, Philanthropy in the Deep South Powerful writing and thought-provoking ideas for reimagining philanthropy by a leader who is not just writing about it, but is also doing it. Nonprofit leader: does Vichi's experience match your own? How is it similar? In what ways has your path in fundraising been different? https://lnkd.in/esmGqJWX

Excellent article in Inside Philanthropy about the two, incoming co-executive directors of the Third Wave Fund, which has always been doing the best and hardest stuff long before it became the cause de jour everywhere. (And a shout-out to Ana Conner for her brilliant leadership there!) https://lnkd.in/eGTxpMXM Good interview with the new leaders, but one quote from one of them *really* jumped out at me, because they identified a central part of fundraising that everyone does and everyone accepts, and that has always made ME feel queasy, and I'm grateful for them naming it: Mo Willis: "[In] order to access money, you have to give them your tragedy story. Philanthropy has definitely reinforced this. You have to prove you deserve it and it has to be bleak. And you have to be willing to put that out there and make it publicly consumable in hopes that it will trigger someone's generosity. That's a huge lesson that I find myself deeply interrogating as we're thinking about how we might continue to push philanthropy to turn certain models of thinking on its head."

The “Extrovert Ideal” has long been unfairly favored in the fundraising profession. It shows up in the recruitment process, in perceptions of performance, and in the very words we use to describe successful fundraisers. But what if we have it all wrong? While it sounds counter-intuitive, introvert strengths make us some of the highest performing fundraisers and nonprofit leaders - especially when it comes to working with major donors. When it comes to working one on one with donors, here are 3 ways introverts really shine: 1. Introverts tend to have a real knack for active listening. This makes us super effective in working with donors to uncover their passions, discovering more about their philanthropic interests, and helping them achieve the change they want to see in the world.? 2. Introverts often have the ability for deep focus and concentration. Whether it’s laser focusing our attention on one donor in a crowded room, or concentrating for several hours on crafting that major gift proposal, these skills make us stand out as fundraisers.? 3. Introverts typically have an active imagination and a strong creative streak, and take smart risks, making us ideal innovators. We can use these skills to create irresistible giving opportunities for donors - our out of the box thinking is a big asset when it comes to crafting thoughtful asks. Do you know an introvert who could use a pep talk about their amazing potential as a fundraiser? Tag them below, and help them embrace their introvert super powers! ???? ???????? ???? ???????? ????????????, ?????? ?? ???????? ???????? ?????????????????????? ???????? ?????????? ?????? ????????????, ???????????????????? ?????? ?????????????? ?????? ???????? ???? ?????????? ???????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????? ??????r ??????????????????. ?????????? ???????? ????????? ??????’?? ???????? ???? ??????????! ?? ?????????????? ???????? ???? ???????? ???? ???????? ???????? ???????? ?????????????????????? ???????????????? ?????????? (???????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ??????????????) #fundraising #majorgifts #nonprofit #philanthropy

Although Hope Circuits is grounded in the post-secondary sector, my hope was that the conceptual tools and systems-level approach to re-wiring structures might resonate beyond universities and colleges and inspire people in different industries and contexts. Since the book launched itself into the world in May 2024, I have been heartened by the reception of the ideas beyond the academy. One of the sectors that has been an enthusiastic and early adopter is the charitable field - in advancement, fundraising, communications, donor engagement, cultivation cycles, private/public partnerships, community building, engagement, and professional development. While I knew I wanted to extend conversations beyond higher education (while staying true to my own context, knowledge, and purpose work), I did not attempt to foresee what form that might take: I had to trust that alignment would unfurl in ways I could not imagine. One example of this generative unfurling shows up in a recent newsletter from Kimberley MacKenzie, CPCC, ACC, thought leader in the charitable field, who cites Hope Circuits as a way to re-imagine giving and philanthropy. Below is a link to her article, and with it an invitation to think about how hope circuits - and the conceptual tools - might be transferrable or translatable into different industries and sectors: https://lnkd.in/eDS26KRv

Maureen Mahoney Hill with Advancement Advisors shared a new blog post - "What the Great Wealth Transfer Means for Your Fundraising Efforts – Part 1" Through this article, you can gather some suggestions that can be put into immediate action in the first part of a two-part series. https://lnkd.in/ew78_ydt #NonprofitConsulting #NonprofitAdvisors #SocialImpact #GivingBack #CommunityEngagement #Philanthropy #CharityWork