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Are you struggling to raise funds for your nonprofit organization? Beyond the typical skill-building fundraising book, Choose Abundance shows organizational leaders how to unpack their organizational culture; and find the one thing holding them back from fundraising success: the scarcity mindset. Across the field, many have sought the path to build the elusive Culture of Philanthropy, but few have done what Laurie Herrick suggests in Choose Abundance: Start with a strong team and intentionally build, name, and put into practice your desired culture. Choose Abundance includes stories of breakdowns and breakthroughs, skill-building exercises and useful resources. You'll read powerful examples of organizations who have taken this path before you, so you can replicate their actionable steps to fulfill your organization's mission. Choose Abundance will help you: ● Identify and access abundant resources ● Increase donor loyalty by building deeper relationships ● Shift from a transactional fundraising strategy to a transformational one ● Build valuable community partnerships ● Have everyone, both board members and staff, identify and embrace their unique gifts in fostering and strengthening a Culture of Philanthropy Designed for Executive Directors, board members, development professionals, and program staff-all will find their path to building a Culture of Philanthropy and achieving extraordinary fundraising results. Choose Abundance includes a foreword from Lynne Twist, author of The Soul of Money and renowned thought leader on money and resource availability. Lynne's unique body of work has informed and inspired Herrick's passion for addressing mindset and culture change in nonprofit organizations.

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Take a stand. We need the work you do to make things better, and this clear and generous book will help you see how walking away from scarcity can change things for the people you serve.Seth Godin, Author, This Is Marketing Laurie Herrick is the kind of professional I turn to when I require expert advice on all matters of fundraising and advancement-from strategic planning and special campaigns to annual fundraising and major gift portfolio management. Laurie's training has helped drive organizational growth and contributed to my ability to achieve greater levels of success personally and professionally.Having worked with Laurie for more than six years, I have regularly enrolled in her training programs and sought personal mentorship. I've come to rely on her guidance as a gold standard in fundraising. She's made a profound impact, holding me accountable to setting-and then achieving-goals. She has helped me reframe strategic planning to include abundance and generative language, as well as industry best practices to ultimately engage constituents in meaningful and relevant ways. In turn, I've seen fundraising grow exponentially and a new Culture of Philanthropy take seed.Melanie Gerard, Director of Advancement, UMass Hillel As Laurie Herrick reminds us, fundraising is more than a list of prospects, tactics, techniques and a good program. To do it well requires a full-body reorientation of our nonprofit organizations and the adoption of a Culture of Philanthropy. In this valuable, grounded and practical book, Herrick holds our hand and walks us through the process of organizational transformation toward abundance.Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies, Author, Born on Third Base If you find yourself deliberating whether buying this book is in your organizational budget, let Laurie Herrick enroll you in the idea that your scarcity mindset is holding you and your organization back. Using memorable stories, curated resources and an easy-to-understand framework, Herrick is with you, step by step, as your organization makes the shift from scarcity thinking to abundance-in thinking, relationships and resources.Donna Haghighat, CEO, The Women's Fund ofWestern MassachusettsJust as your mission is the heart of your organization, fundraising is the lifeblood, and strong fundraising demands fostering a Culture of Philanthropy. Such a culture transcends best practices. It permeates and transforms organizations. Laurie Herrick's Choose Abundance shows you how to get there.It was through our work with Herrick that we came to understand and commit to growing a Culture of Philanthropy that helped us increase leadership giving by 12 percent, year over year.Herrick's book is focused and well-organized. It shows you how to align and leverage your teams. How to avoid pitfalls. And, most importantly, how to implement and find fundraising success. If you are serious about changing your Culture of Philanthropy, start here.John D. Bidwell, Executive Director, United Way of Hampshire County

Take a stand. We need the work you do to make things better, and this clear and generous book will help you see how walking away from scarcity can change things for the people you serve.Seth Godin, Author, This Is Marketing Laurie Herrick is the kind of professional I turn to when I require expert advice on all matters of fundraising and advancement-from strategic planning and special campaigns to annual fundraising and major gift portfolio management. Laurie's training has helped drive organizational growth and contributed to my ability to achieve greater levels of success personally and professionally.Having worked with Laurie for more than six years, I have regularly enrolled in her training programs and sought personal mentorship. I've come to rely on her guidance as a gold standard in fundraising. She's made a profound impact, holding me accountable to setting-and then achieving-goals. She has helped me reframe strategic planning to include abundance and generative language, as well as industry best practices to ultimately engage constituents in meaningful and relevant ways. In turn, I've seen fundraising grow exponentially and a new Culture of Philanthropy take seed.Melanie Gerard, Director of Advancement, UMass Hillel As Laurie Herrick reminds us, fundraising is more than a list of prospects, tactics, techniques and a good program. To do it well requires a full-body reorientation of our nonprofit organizations and the adoption of a Culture of Philanthropy. In this valuable, grounded and practical book, Herrick holds our hand and walks us through the process of organizational transformation toward abundance.Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies, Author, Born on Third Base If you find yourself deliberating whether buying this book is in your organizational budget, let Laurie Herrick enroll you in the idea that your scarcity mindset is holding you and your organization back. Using memorable stories, curated resources and an easy-to-understand framework, Herrick is with you, step by step, as your organization makes the shift from scarcity thinking to abundance-in thinking, relationships and resources.Donna Haghighat, CEO, The Women's Fund ofWestern MassachusettsJust as your mission is the heart of your organization, fundraising is the lifeblood, and strong fundraising demands fostering a Culture of Philanthropy. Such a culture transcends best practices. It permeates and transforms organizations. Laurie Herrick's Choose Abundance shows you how to get there.It was through our work with Herrick that we came to understand and commit to growing a Culture of Philanthropy that helped us increase leadership giving by 12 percent, year over year.Herrick's book is focused and well-organized. It shows you how to align and leverage your teams. How to avoid pitfalls. And, most importantly, how to implement and find fundraising success. If you are serious about changing your Culture of Philanthropy, start here.John D. Bidwell, Executive Director, United Way of Hampshire County

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Laurie Herrick is a fundraising consultant and entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience in the not-for-profit sector. The emphasis of Laurie's work is creating fundraising breakthroughs by empowering leaders to build a healthy Culture of Philanthropy within their organizations. It is through fostering this culture shift that Laurie fulfills her personal mission to make positive social change. Laurie has served in numerous professional and volunteer roles. She's been a development director, executive director, board member and board chair of a variety of nonprofit organizations. These experiences led to her profound awareness of the challenges they were facing. One of the noteworthy obstacles she observed in her role as a consultant was the way the culture, and specifically a destructive mindset of scarcity, got in the way of fundraising success. She built a coaching approach that addressed this mindset and trained organizational leaders to build a culture that was more intentional and came from a mindset of abundance. This shift of mindset has altered the overall fundraising strategy and success of countless organizations. When she's not consulting, Laurie enjoys trail running, swimming, blowing glass, gardening and cooking. You can reach her at www.rainmkr.com.

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