Topic: Know Thyself: Exploring Asking Styles for Peak Performance
Personality plays a major role in our work as development professionals, and we don’t all need to be the same to be effective. This interactive session will focus on the concepts in Andrea Kihlstedt’s book, Asking Styles: Harness Your Personal Fundraising Power. “The key to asking is knowing (and being) yourself!” Learn your asking style, discuss practical tips for all four styles (Go-Getter, Mission Controller, Kindred Spirit, Rainmaker), better understand your own strengths and characteristics, and engage with fellow AFP members about how best to maximize your style in working with colleagues, board members, and donors.
Speaker: Jeanie Lovell, CFRE
Jeanie Lovell, CFRE, is director of corporate and foundation relations and campaign co-director at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She also serves as program director for Women, Faith, and Finance, Luther’s collaborative women’s philanthropy initiative which she founded in 2005. With 25 years of fundraising experience, she is a frequent presenter on topics including grant seeking/proposal writing, campaign evaluation, and women’s philanthropy. Jeanie earned a master’s degree in Philanthropy and Development at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, and a bachelor’s degree in communication and English from Central College. She is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Association of Lutheran Development Executives. Jeanie received the 2014 Outstanding Professional Fundraiser Award by the AFP Upper Mississippi Valley Chapter.