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The Dating Game: The Art of Courting, Engaging and Marrying Donors - The KCDF Story

Join us to learn valuable lessons from human relationships and how they apply to donor courting, engagement, and long-term partnerships. Explore strategies for building credibility, expanding your funding base, and graduating key relationships.

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The Dating Game: The Art of Courting, Engaging and Marrying Donors - The KCDF Story

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  1. THE DATING GAME: THE ART OF COURTING, ENGAGING AND MARRYING DONORS – The KCDF Story….. Presenters Janet Mawiyoo, CEO, KCDF Chris Mbiti, Program Manager, PEN

  2. THE DATING GAME: THE ART OF COURTING, ENGAGING AND MARRYING DONORS: The KCDF Story…… Presentation Structure • Lessons from Human relationships • Getting your Act Together: Courting • Building & Expanding your Credibility: Engaging • Graduating key Relationships: Marrying

  3. The Dating Game: Drawing Lessons from Human Relationship Experiences: • For those who are married or in stable relations, How did you meet? • Do you remember how you initiated your first communication? Dating process? • What did you (both of you) do, to nurture the relationship? • For those in their 5th year and above, what has sustained the relationship to a long term partnership?

  4. THE DATING GAME: Learning from the KCDF Story…..Getting your Act Together: Courting • Sorting out key Governance Issues • Testing assumptions on the ground through practice • Learning & Taking Corrective Actions • Persisting & Moving forward

  5. THE DATING GAME: Learning from the KCDF Story:Building & Expanding your Credibility:Engaging • Communicating your story • Gaining local ownership • Diversifying funding base – who is on board? Who else can we bring on board? • Reflecting & Learning- what needs to change among us & in the way we do our business, to get us to where we want to go? • Re-aligning your work to your VMG

  6. THE DATING GAME: Learning from the KCDF Story:Graduating key Relationships: Marrying…. • Thinking beyond projects at all levels… • What that means for Governance, Management & Institutionalization? • Investing in Long Term Sustainability of the VMG…..hence focus on the Endowment • Being of one MIND -!!!!!

  7. THE DATING GAME: Learning from the KCDF Story:Graduating key Relationships: Marrying…. • Expanding Resource Mobilization Strategies… • Investing in Communicating & Marketing yourselves • Re-tooling your teams across the board…from board to staff • Consolidating & Synergizing your efforts across the board……

  8. The Dating Game - Key Lessons from the KCDF Experience…. • Commitment to Cause Beyond Jobs!! • Governance Issues: Boards taking charge by example • Deal with OD Issues…Staff capability, accountability, donor relationships etc. • Move with your commitment for financial freedom….donors put money where they sense serious commitment!!

  9. The Dating Game - Key Lessons from the KCDF Experience…. • Invest in Communications about your self • Impact - Building Stakeholder Support from the ground • Review, Reflect, Learn from your mistakes & Take Action….or Die!!!

  10. END Thank You Questions & Discussions! www.kcdfoundation.org

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