143. Discovering Your Own Personal Giving Strategy - Sybil Ackerman-Munson

Meet Sybil. She's a nonprofit purist on a mission: to help you do the most good when it comes to your personal philanthropy. It starts with building a personal giving strategy, aligning values and narrowing your giving goals. We're chatting about how to channel passion, creating focus and giving away money with humility. We believe everyone - especially nonprofit professionals - is an important philanthropist. Start here, and let's  allow our collective giving to improve our world. 

Episode Highlights

Sybil’s story and journey to where she is today (2:00)Discovering your own personal giving strategy (10:00)1. What do you do day to day? 2. What are your hobbies? 3. What is the place that gives you rejuvenation?4. What issue keeps you up at night?Sybil’s advice for how to decide on how much and how often to give (17:00)The 3 different types of donors / funders (19:20)1. Sustainer2. Campaigner3. LauncherHow you can validate your giving (24:00)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Sybil’s life (26:00)Sybil’s One Good Thing: Think positive first about people. Go into a situation, assuming the best in what somebody wants to have happen in the world and nurture that support it. (28:00)Want to dive in further? Check out Sybil’s courses!

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