Workbook
The Development Director's Relationship Map
Managing Donor Relationships as Human Relationships — Because That's What They Are
You are building relationships for a living. Name what kind.
For the development professional who cultivates donor relationships and has discovered that the tension between authentic connection and strategic cultivation is real — and wants a guide for doing the work with integrity.
The Name It First Experience
You cultivate donor relationships and the tension between authentic and strategic is real. This workbook walks you through the patterns and the gaps. You produce Your Donor Relationship Map: a signed framework for doing development work with integrity over time. The output is not technique. It is alignment.
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Sample questions
- Think of a donor relationship in your portfolio that feels genuinely good — where the connection is real and the cultivation doesn't feel like performance. What makes it different from one that doesn't feel that way?
- Where do you notice the tension between authentic relationship and strategic cultivation most acutely? Describe a specific situation — what happened, and how did it feel?
- What is one thing your development work does well — something that is genuinely good for donors, not just effective for the organization? What is that because of?
Research basis
Figley (compassion fatigue, relationship-intensive roles) / Maslach (burnout, emotional labor) / Sargeant & Jay (relational fundraising) / Burk (donor loyalty, authentic relationship)
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