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. Sustainer
  • 2. Campaigner
  • 3. Launcher
• How 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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