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Back to the Relationship: Proximity, Presence, and the Future of Fundraising w/ Jason Lewis
Description
In the final part of my conversation with Jason Lewis, we move from diagnosis to direction.
If fundraising has drifted toward systems, scale, and transactional thinking, what does it look like to recover something more human?
Jason argues that the answer is not better technology or smarter dashboards. It is proximity. It is presence. It is getting fundraisers back in front of donors and letting real relationships shape the work.
In this episode we explore:
- Why fundraising may have a supervision problem, not a fundraiser problem
- How leadership culture shapes donor experience
- The importance of increasing proximity and real conversation
- Why young fundraisers should prioritize experience over optimization
- What it means to operate by different rules, like Dorothy stepping into Oz
If you are leading a team, entering the profession, or questioning where fundraising is headed, this episode offers both clarity and encouragement.
Find Jason's Substack, The Butterfly Effect Here: https://responsive.substack.com/
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