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How to Talk to Prospects: Negotiating the Major and Planned Gift

Saturday, October 14, 2006

This article addresses how easily gift planning options and ideas can be included in a marketing plan and then into each conversation with likely prospects, not just the super wealthy you've already identified. The misguided belief that you need to be technically proficient before you bring up planned giving is squashed; it is not a concern so long as you have experts in the wings to call in for the relatively few complex arrangements you may be lucky enough to experience. Lots of donor stories highlighting conversations that introduce gift planning concepts are included.