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A STRONGER BOARD LEADS TO GREATER IMPACT! Your organization cannot achieve its vision without a strong board. A strong board starts with bringing on the right people, but then it's about working together effectively, understanding leadership and board dynamics, supporting board members appropriately so you can do your best work, having you fundraise in a way that suits who you are, and more. In his second book, Brian Saber uses the Asking Styles lens to help you build your board's strength. He'll help you understand how you and your fellow board members operate individually and collectively, what strengths you bring to the table, and how to employ those to best advantage. In these incredibly challenging times, good board leadership and resource development are more important than ever, and yet, in many ways, more difficult. COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented set of challenges in the modern nonprofit sector. Most boards cannot meet in person to conduct their work. They are left to manage the executive director remotely. Recruiting new board members is difficult for many reasons. On the fundraising side, people are unsure about their futures and anxious about money. Meeting in person is extremely limited. There are far fewer opportunities for donors to see programs live and in action. And, for the first time, a wide range of organizations has had to trim their fundraising staffs. Under these circumstances, it's even more important to understand how the Asking Styles can help you work productively and develop your organization's resources. If you're like most board members, you've come to your current board with very little (or no) board experience and, even if you have experience, with very little board training. The same is true for your fellow board members. The more you learn, and the more you can share with your fellow board members, the stronger you will be individually and as a team. And today that's more important than ever.

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Brian Saber, president of Asking Matters(TM), has spent his entire career asking for money for nonprofits. From his early days as a student leader and telethon caller to his six years in charge of major and principal gifts throughout the Midwest for Brandeis University to his two stints as an executive director, every position has involved significant face-to-face solicitation. He is still honing his asking muscles today, cultivating and soliciting select major donors for a variety of clients. Brian harnessed all his frontline experience to become a sought-after trainer, coach, and consultant around the country and abroad. His work is transformative. He leads workshops, creates training courses, presents webinars, and coaches top-level staff, taking organizations to the next level. In a career spent mostly with organizations having budgets under $1 million, Brian is well aware of the fundraising challenges smaller organizations face. He knows most organizations struggle to afford consulting services; they're just not in the budget. With that perspective, Brian co-created Asking Matters to provide resources all nonprofits could afford. This web-based and in-person company trains people how to ask for money and motivates them to do it. Brian has led training programs and presented at conferences for Prevent Child Abuse America, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Social Venture Partners International, National Public Radio, Volunteers of America, the United States Olympic Committee, The Salvation Army, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, AFP International, numerous AFP chapters, the North American YMCA Development Conference, and others. His first book, Asking Styles: Revolutionize Your Fundraising, has become a staple for nonprofit fundraisers and leaders.

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