Description
Store leaders are busy and wear many hats; successful donor outreach only adds additional work to the long list of to-do items. Finding a balance between supporting store operations and continuing to grow donor partnerships is essential to successful growth strategies. In this session we will discuss engagement strategies, partnership opportunities, and time management tips to support working to build ongoing giving partnerships with businesses in their geographic service area.
Learning objectives: After engaging with this course, attendees will be able to...
Participants will be able to identify a current market challenge that is preventing proper time allotment to donation outreach.
Participants will be able to apply two strategies to provide a pre-determined amount of time to dedicate to donation outreach.
Participants will have adapted their own elevator speech to use when meeting a potential business donor.
Participants will be able to identify one time management challenge that is impacting their ability to dedicate time to asking for donations.
Participants will be able to list three reasons why a business donor would want to donate to Habitat for Humanity.
Presenter
Jeremy Keen, Director of ReStore Support, HFHI
Jeremy Keen is the Director of ReStore Support at Habitat for Humanity International and celebrates 12 years with HFHI this year. Having first joined the team as a ReStore consultant, he and the team helped to lay the groundwork for the support work that continues today. Prior to coming to HFHI, Jeremy spent 5 years with the Northern Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliate in Elgin, IL opening and running their first store.
Jeremy’s role on the ReStore Support team has shifted over the years, from doing consulting work to managing a regional ReStore Collaborative program with 30 affiliates in Florida. He also worked as the Director of the Suburban Atlanta ReStore network opening and running 5 ReStore locations in the Atlanta area. He now serves as the Director of ReStore Expertise Hub for Habitat International.