How to Ask for What You Want – Without Being a Pushy Pest (with Maryanne Dersch)

Can you imagine asking for anything, including money, with ease and confidence? How great would it be to have a community excited to donate so you can thrive in any circumstance? Maryanne Dersch helps nonprofit leaders master the art of influence so they can ask for and receive all they want, need, and deserve without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy.

She spent thirty years helping nonprofit organizations communicate more effectively. From those experiences, she authored Courageous Communication: Why Codependence is Making Your Nonprofit Brand Boring and What To Do About It. She hosts The Influential Nonprofit podcast and the annual Donor Attraction Forum virtual event.

She’s known for her love of ultrahigh heels, extra-large Diet Cokes, and short karaoke rotations.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE

~How to Get Over That Yucky Pitch Feeling by Understanding What Your Job Really Is

~Deprogramming Your Misunderstandings About Sales to Unleash Your Philanthropic Heart

~What “Influence” Really Means

~How to Overcome Frustration in Relationships

~How to Unleash the Power of Storytelling

FULL EPISODE VIDEO

https://vimeo.com/856659832

CONNECT WITH MARYANNE

Website: https://www.courageouscommunication.com/

Her Course: Up Level Your Influence

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