{"podcast":{"title":"Ministry At Scale","slug":"ministry-at-scale-1132181","podcast_index_feed_id":1132181,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/ministry-at-scale/","website_url":"https://ministry-at-scale.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/08c9c77f-d4cb-4d97-8d08-2030cbe2f6ed/TvICLvvMeSLxPsvKLBy2FpXv.jpg","author":"Chad Williams - Five Q","episode_count":95,"summary":"The Ministry at Scale Podcast brings you the latest trends, interviews with experts and practical tips to help your ministry multiply it's impact. Brought to you by Five Q a digital agency with a kingdom impact. If you want to know how to grow your ministry in the digital space this podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T02:20:32.115699+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181"},"episode":{"title":"#74 - The Four Practices of Responseive Fundraising - Aly Hammond & Chip Johnston with Virtuous","slug":"74-the-four-practices-of-responseive-fundraising-aly-hammond-chip-johnston-with-virtuous","published_at":"2022-09-01T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181/74-the-four-practices-of-responseive-fundraising-aly-hammond-chip-johnston-with-virtuous","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181","url":"https://ministry-at-scale.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/5943aa10-a69a-4c13-a255-d57356e1d3b8/74.mp3","summary":"During this talk given at the Digital Ministry Conference in 2022, Aly Hammond & Chip Johnston from Virtuous provide 8 responsive mindsets that ministries and organizations can utilize to solve some of the big problems that many non profits are facing today. Personal For All How do we treat all donors the way we treat major donors? This doesn’t mean you’ll have the capacity to take all your donors to dinner, but it does mean you can send every donor a personal thank you email, call and text. If you have hundreds of thousands of people in your database of donors, you can followup with all your donors in a highly personalized way based on what they’ve done. Innovate, Experiment and Embrace Failure It’s important to try new things and get really comfortable with failing. Focus on Trust Relationships thrive on trust and accountability. Donors have rightful expectations that whoever they’re donating to will do what they say they will do. Jennifer McCrea from the Generosity Network puts it like this: “Resources will tend to flow naturally towards you when you focus on the most important aspect of the fundraising process: creating human connections”. Donors tend to continue giving when they feel connected with and have confidence in the organization they are involved with. Value Motivational Insights Over Behavior It’s incredibly important to understand somebody’s intent. What’s their connection? Why are they giving? What’s their motivation for giving? The first thing to find out is “why”. Listen so you can understand the intentions of your donors so you can serve them in the most effective way possible. Breaking Down Silos Combining your people, platforms and processes to work in harmony together will help build deep, authentic donor relationships at scale. Be Abundantly…","meta_description":"During this talk given at the Digital Ministry Conference in 2022, Aly Hammond & Chip Johnston from Virtuous provide 8 responsive mindsets that minist…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1866,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ministry-at-scale-1132181/episodes/74-the-four-practices-of-responseive-fundraising-aly-hammond-chip-johnston-with-virtuous/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181/74-the-four-practices-of-responseive-fundraising-aly-hammond-chip-johnston-with-virtuous.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}