22 Jul 2025 04:00
341: How to Inspire Donors to Take Action with Sarah Olivieri
Are you feeling the pressure to raise more funds—especially with shrinking federal grants or looming financial uncertainty? In this episode, I walk you through a step-by-step framework to inspire your existing donors and warm audience to actually take action. You’ll learn what your donors really want, why your ask is actually a gift, and the exact script I use to craft high-impact fundraising stories. Whether you’re running a year-end campaign or just trying to stay afloat, this is the fundraising mindset shift you need now.
Episode Highlights
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01:17 How to Inspire Donors to Take Action
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02:47 Understanding Donor Motivation
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04:31 The Power of Storytelling
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05:24 Impact Story Script Template
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About Your Host
Have you seen Casino Royale? That moment when Vespa slides in elegantly, opposite James, all charming smile, razor-sharp wit and mighty brainpower, and says, “I’m the money”?
Well, your host, Sarah Olivieri has been likened to Vespa by one of her clients – not just because she’s charming, beautiful and brainy– but because that bold statement “I’m the money” was, as it turned out, right ON the money.
Sarah helps nonprofits transform their organizations from failing to thriving. And she’s very, very good at it.
She’s brought nonprofits back from the brink of insolvency. She’s averted major cash-flow crises, solved funding droughts, board conflicts and everything in between… and so she has literally become “the money” for many of the organizations she works with.
As the former director of 3 nonprofits and founder of 5 for-profit businesses, she understands, deeply, the challenges and complexities facing organizations and she’s created a framework, called The Impact Method®️, which can help you simplify operations, build aligned teams and make a bigger impact without
