Episode 79
Episode 79 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features Andrew Olsen, Executive Vice President of Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker. In that capacity he leads both the firm’s direct response fundraising agency and their major gift consulting and messaging practice. He’s on a mission to help nonprofit leaders become more effective so that they can make a greater impact in the world. Throughout his 25 year career he’s served over 1,000 nonprofits in the U.S. and Canada, and helped them raise more than $1 Billion.
In today’s episode, we discuss how Andrew started off in the fundraising world, how philanthropy was addressed while growing up, as well as there parts of the life of a fundraiser that he really enjoys (and ones he doesn’t enjoy).
As a sector, we are much more willing to accept mediocrity in our day-to-day operation than any other sector in the world. When you think about healthcare, when you think about technology, general business, average is just not acceptable.
Andrew Olsen
Just click on the picture of Andrew below to hear our conversation.
L’chaim,
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