133: How Design, Creativity and Relationships Intersect With Budget Transparency, Interview with Sherry Quam Taylor, Nonprofit Finance Strategist

<h2 dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Join me on the Fast Track to Grant Writer: <a href= "https://www.teresahuff.com/vip">www.teresahuff.com/vip</a></span></h2> <h2 dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How to Shake Up the Status Quo and Raise Funds for Your Nonprofit</span></h2> <p dir="ltr">I talk with a lot of nonprofits each week, and of course they all have one thing in common they need: more funding! That’s why I like to bring in experts in other types of fundraising too. We need to understand the bigger picture of how the strategies fit together. </p> <p dir="ltr">Today I’m talking with another nonprofit expert who is fantastic at what she does. Sherry Quam Taylor is good at shaking up the status quo and challenging people to think bigger, better, and with excellence to raise funds to serve your nonprofit fully.  </p> <p dir="ltr">Listen as Sherry and I do some myth-busting about fundraising. We also discuss advice on scaling nonprofits. </p> <h2 dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Transparency and the Gift of Asking, "Why?"</span></h2> <p dir="ltr">Sherry and I discuss the importance of bringing creativity to work. Design and creativity not only help us take care of ourselves, but they also help our organizations grow and build. This can insulate us from becoming stagnant. </p> <p dir="ltr">The experience Sherry brought from the for-profit world to the nonprofit world helped her tremendously, and that transition helped her learn a lot by simply asking, “Why?” “Why can’t we say that?” Why can’t we spend that?” These questions challenged Sherry and the teams she worked with to look at “why” they were doing things a certain way, and build toward securing donors' best gifts.</p> <h2 dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Giving the Gift of Time in Nonprofit Relationship Building</span></h2> <p dir="ltr">Relationships take time. Rushing relationships does not build strong foundations. As board members, development teams, or even grant writers, relationships are at our heart. </p> <p dir="ltr"