What to Say to Board Members Who Don’t Like Your Fundraising

The fundraising professionals on your staff know what they're doing. (I hope.) You should assume they are working from a position of knowledge, not ignorance. It can be confusing that something like telephone fundraising works when you personally hate it. But think of it this way: As a board member, you live on a steady diet of green eggs Benedict. It's a little richer than the green eggs and ham that a more typical donor gets. They like green eggs and ham. You would too, if you were them.