Coaching

Helping you improve performance

Are you new to fundraising and need some support?

Are you starting a major gift program and not sure how to make those calls effective?

Have you hired junior staff and want them to thrive?

Are you nurturing a leader-in-the making?

One-on-one and small group coaching can have enormous long-term payoff. KMA’s coaching helps your organization and people achieve the best possible results in fundraising.

Effective coaching is:

• Oriented towards results
• Focused on the near future
• Dialogue, not monologue
• Facilitation, not dictation
• Discovery of insights
• Discernment of opportunities
• Identification of possibilities
• Embracing personal knowledge and growth

KMA listens, observes, questions, and facilitates problem-solving and action planning.

Coaching with a fundraising focus helps clients to:

• Understand the strategy behind their work
• Understand the tactical elements, and what constitutes effective execution
• Place their work in the context of the larger plan
• Ask critical questions
• Learn to improvise
• Learn to think like donors
• Conserve what they learn and build on their experiences
• Spot the opportunities for the organization to grow and thrive