The Connector Next Door with Lisa Gareau
The Connector Next Door is your invitation to meet natural connectors here in Canada and all around world. Each one is an everyday event planner who works to create meaningful connections through the events they plan. Their stories are familiar, fun, and full of charm. Your host, Lisa Gareau, is a lifelong Event Planner and has been a Connection Strategy Coach for over a decade. She knows events can become energized "connecting points" where communities can gather and grow. If you are ready to build connection points through the events you plan, listen in as Lisa strikes up a conversation with today’s Connector Next Door.
The Connector Next Door with Lisa Gareau
Mallory Erickson, Fundraising Disruptor, Alignment Advocate, and Natural Connector
Mallory Erickson helps nonprofits feel better, do better, and raise more from the right funders so they can stop hounding people for money.
As an Executive Director, Mallory turned an organization from a 300K to a 3-million-dollar one thanks to working 70 hours a week to keep everything afloat. She was driven by the dream to make a positive impact in this world, but she didn’t know how to get off the hamster wheel.
Times have changed, but the best practices for the sector have stayed the same. When we look deeper, we’ll see those “best practices” just aren’t working anymore.
Mallory believes to her core that the nonprofit sector can solve the problems of the world, but now believes in order to do this we must be ready to change.
Mallory says, “By adopting new ways of fundraising and operating we will not only change how much we can fundraise, but we’ll change the way we feel about fundraising too!”
Her recently released book, "What The Fundraising: Embracing and Enabling the People Behind the Purpose" challenges the scarcity mindset in the sector and offers a path to sustainable, joyful fundraising.
To keep her focus, Mallory holds tight to her core values: Courage, Curiosity, Vulnerability, Imperfection, Alignment, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). In our conversation today Mallory shares the reason why “Alignment” – specifically – is such an important value.
“The value of alignment is that we get to show up and be visible in alignment with our core values. We also get to be honest and reflective when things feel out of alignment. Being true to ourselves is key to sustainable fundraising success.”
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You can find and connect with Mallory on LinkedIn HERE! Her new book,What The Fundraising: Embracing and Enabling the People Behind the Purpose, is an essential resource for nonprofit professionals to overcome the challenges they face to catalyze lasting change in the world.
Mallory is also the host of the podcast What the Fundraising, which brings guests into conversation about nonprofit leadership and fundraising. Listen in HERE!
Through her groundbreaking course, the Power Partners Formula™️ is a comprehensive roadmap to identify and engage the right funders. Learn more HERE!
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Meaningful connections matter now more than ever! Your community, clients, or customers are ready to connect. Events can grow your business, create an impact in your community, or motivate a group around your ideas. The Connection Architect Course and Community is for the everyday event planner that is ready to create connections that matter. Start building at TheConnectionArchitect.ca
The Connector Next Door is produced by CandyConsulting.ca
Are you planning or promoting events for your business, organization, or group? Reach out and book a 30-Minute Hello with podcast host, Candy Event Consulting Founder, and Connection Strategy Coach Lisa Gareau to share how you are creating connections through events!