16. Connecting the dots
“it was impossible to
connect the dots
looking forward
when I was in
college.
But it was very, very
clear looking
backwards ten years
later.”
25. Make more of your own
connections
How are you going to make more
connections?
How are you going to gain insight about
your donors, prospects and volunteers?
How are you going to make this a habit?
53. “Attitude
is a little thing
that makes a
big difference.”
Winston Churchill
54. How to get ideas and inspiration
• Focus on your goal
• Choose your attitude
• Deliberately make connections
• Seek real insights
• Trust yourself and your intuition
• Be brave
• Do something
57. Do something
• On your postcard write at least one new
thing that you are going to try
• Tell the person next to you
• Put your name, address and email on the
postcard
• Give the postcard to Lucy
• She will send and email it back to you to
remind you
58. Find out more
www.sofii.org
Where good ideas Steven Johnson
come from
Switch Chip and Dan Heath
Sticky Wisdom ?What if! The Innovation Company
Business beyond
the Box John O‟Keefe
Linchpin and Purple Cow
Seth Godin
I know what you are thinking – im busy enough as it is – need time. True making time is a big challenge Take you back to the beginning – if you don’t do anything different how are you going to put new connections together to make better ideas? We all have the same amount of time in a day: 24 hours or 1,440 minutes. (write on flip chart) You have exactly the same amount of time that was given to Thomas Edison, Helen Keller, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa and Albert Einstein. It’s how you maximise the difference you make that’s the real challenge.Funnel of focus
Try and get out of your own mindset into someone elses – job as a fundraiser to connect your donors to the cause