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One Visit Away is a podcast focused on helping major gift fundraisers achieve their potential by inspiring them to increase the number and quality of visits they have with their benefactors or prospective benefactors. This motivation comes about by hearing fascinating stories of visits that went well from a wide array of development professionals. When you hear these stories of success, you will realize that you too are just One Visit Away from a transformational experience for your benefactors and your organization.

#259 If You Want to Get Rich Learn to Flip the Switch

12 mins; March 30, 2026

#258 Getting Started in Major Gifts with Abby Redden

26 mins; March 10, 2026

#257 Anyone Can Have a Future Greater Than Their Past with Cary Sanders

42 mins; March 02, 2026

#256 Get This Man A Job with Matt Larson

38 mins; February 23, 2026

#255 Prospect Development and Rising From The Ashes of Our Lives with Tim Wilson

75 hours 19 mins; February 16, 2026

#254 A Simple Thank You Call Can Lead to a $50,000 Gift with Isaac Sanford

22 mins; February 11, 2026

#253 Dodging Moose and Mountain Lions with Vincent Marcantonio

22 mins; February 09, 2026

#252 No One's Coming to Save You

20 mins; February 04, 2026

#251 Serving A Donor In His Final Days and Launching a Business with Michael Mitchell

59 mins; February 02, 2026

#250 Closing Big Gifts While Raising a Family with John Matthew Knowles

30 mins; January 26, 2026

#249 Courage, Persistence, and Authenticity with Jess Scipione

38 mins; January 19, 2026

#248 Two Grown Men Crying About Fundraising

32 mins; January 12, 2026

#247 Kevin Recites Poetry--If by Rudyard Kipling

14 mins; January 06, 2026

#246 Raising Money for Scouting America with Janssen Lemley

50 mins; December 15, 2025

#245 Ask Questions Like This to Raise Millions

9 mins; December 10, 2025

#244 No Red Wine Allowed!

12 mins; December 03, 2025

#243 Surviving Cancer and Getting Licked by a Great Dane with Sarah Conner

46 mins; November 25, 2025

#242 One More Attempt!

8 mins; November 21, 2025

#241 Mindset is the Game with John Heinen

47 mins; November 19, 2025

#240 Going All In To Serve the Special Needs Community with Nate Wertz

70 hours 49 mins; November 17, 2025

#239 Is Giving Down Because of the Economy?

11 mins; November 14, 2025

#238 Is There A Formula To Determine How Much To Ask For?

12 mins; November 12, 2025

#237 These Teachers Gave a $4 Million Gift! with Nicki Hendrix

36 mins; November 10, 2025

#236 Respond to Objections Like a Pro!

15 mins; November 07, 2025

#235 Feeling Stuck? Take Action!

12 mins; November 05, 2025

#234 Do Fundraising Consultants Actually Help? with Evan Woolsoncroft

41 mins; November 03, 2025

#233 Should You Go Back to Old Contacts?

11 mins; October 30, 2025

#232 A Drunk Donor and A Million Dollar Gift with Lora Croley (Re-upload)

56 mins; October 28, 2025

#231 Stressed Out or Panicking? You Need a Plan!

16 mins; October 24, 2025

#230 Fundraising is Hard. Keep Going!

10 mins; October 20, 2025

#229 How To Make This The Most Profitable Q4

7 mins; October 15, 2025

#228 The Homeless Millionaire and Founding a School with Reev Rohter

88 hours 24 mins; October 13, 2025

#227 Change the Terms; Close More Gifts

6 mins; October 10, 2025

#226 My Biggest Sales Regret

9 mins; October 08, 2025

#225 A Donor Revoked a $25 Million Estate Gift with Jeff Scott

40 mins; October 06, 2025

#224 What is Freedom Worth?

12 mins; October 01, 2025

#223 The Hedge Fund Billionaire and the Pony Stable Farmer with Andrew Kerr

41 mins; September 29, 2025

#222 When Should You Change Jobs?

8 mins; September 24, 2025

#221 Advice from a Donor Asked Every Day with Rob Hays

59 mins; September 22, 2025

#220 Send This to Your Boss

13 mins; September 17, 2025

#219 Childhood Trauma, Healing, and The Goodness in People with Jim Langley

92 hours 26 mins; September 15, 2025

#218 No One Responds to Me!

11 mins; September 10, 2025

#217 From a $300,000 Budget to Launching a $21 Million Campaign with Jim Norton

37 mins; September 08, 2025

#216 Four Lessons Learned From a Bad Ask

11 mins; September 03, 2025

#215 Skydiving and Major Gifts at 90 Years Old with Joe McIlhaney

67 hours 34 mins; August 27, 2025

#214 How To Determine How Much You Should Ask For

28 mins; July 18, 2025

#213 Should You Talk About Money with a Dying Donor?

8 mins; July 17, 2025

#212 Do You Have A Strategy for Major Gifts?

7 mins; July 16, 2025

#211 How I Lost 20 Pounds-- A Conversation with Fitness Coach Cody Lutz

42 mins; July 15, 2025

#210 A 60 Minute Guide To Your First Major Gift

45 mins; July 14, 2025

#209 My Journey From Volunteer Intern to Entrepreneur

15 mins; July 11, 2025

#208 Digital Minimalism and K-12 Fundraising with Robert Clements

49 mins; July 09, 2025

#207 Courage in Fundraising with Julie Ordoñez

58 mins; July 07, 2025

#206 The Biggest Thing Holding You Back

4 mins; July 04, 2025

#205 7-Figure Gifts and Mostly True Stories with Tom Ryan and Ryan Loutsis

57 mins; July 02, 2025

#204 Planned Giving and Vacations to the Airport with Tom Thimons

53 mins; June 30, 2025

#203 Feeling Stuck? Try Something!

8 mins; June 27, 2025

#202 A Hospital Patient Turned Into A $250,000 Donor with Caitlin Derderian

37 mins; June 25, 2025

#201 Donating a Wildebeest and Becoming an Entrepreneur with Colin Stroud

48 mins; June 23, 2025

#200 Three Reflections After 200 EPISODES!

9 mins; June 18, 2025

#199 Caring More About The Person Than Their Money with Russel Dains

55 mins; June 16, 2025

#198 Stop Listening to The Wrong People!

9 mins; June 11, 2025

#197 Joy in Fundraising and Launching a Business with Jake Kubik

50 mins; June 09, 2025

#196 The LIE About Fundraising in the Summer!

6 mins; June 04, 2025

#195 A 6-Figure Gift On A First Visit with Stephen Beaudoin

81 hours 32 mins; June 02, 2025

#194 Difficult Workouts, Goals, And No Experience Fundraising Consultants

11 mins; May 29, 2025

#193 A $50 Million Capital Campaign with Fr. Richard Hermes and Nick Suszynski

78 hours 11 mins; May 26, 2025

#192 Sour Candy and Major Gifts

8 mins; May 22, 2025

#191 The Donor Slammed His Hands On The Table with Claire Keupen

52 mins; May 19, 2025

#190 From Receiving Generosity as a Child To Working in Philanthropy with David Duxbury

45 mins; May 12, 2025

#189 Bringing Clean Water To The Unreached with Brandon Gossett

61 hours 59 mins; May 05, 2025

#188 Three Ways to Make More Money in Major Gifts

21 mins; May 02, 2025

#187 Strategic Listening and Board Involvement with Kent Stroman

71 hours 25 mins; April 29, 2025

#186 Living An Undivided Life With Jeff Schiefelbein

37 mins; April 21, 2025

#185 Meeting Mother Teresa And Serving The Poor with Anand Bheemarasetti

53 mins; April 14, 2025

#184 Asking Questions is a Superpower with Peter Blute

42 mins; April 07, 2025

This 23 Year Old Startup Founder Raised Money and Quit His Job

43 mins; April 02, 2025

#182 Is Asking On A First Visit Transactional?

10 mins; March 28, 2025

#181 See The People! with Fr. Mark Perkins

50 mins; March 26, 2025

#180 A 7-Figure Ask on a First Visit with Joe Bradley

53 mins; March 20, 2025

#179 Being Arrogant is Killing Your Fundraising Success

7 mins; March 11, 2025

#178 The Donor Brings a Guest... What Should You Do?

11 mins; March 07, 2025

#177 You Asked for Too Much!

14 mins; February 07, 2025

#176 How a $100 Gift Turned into $100,000 with Kara Mone

43 mins; December 02, 2024

#175 STOP ASKING SO MUCH!

15 mins; November 12, 2024

#174 There Are No Small Meetings with Matt Letourneau CEO of neverthirst

48 mins; November 07, 2024

#173 Fundraising From Friends and Nonprofit Compensation with Brett Attebery

53 mins; October 31, 2024

#172 STOP PRESSURING DONORS!

6 mins; October 08, 2024

#171 Use This to Schedule More Visits!

12 mins; October 02, 2024

#170 Treat Every Donor Like a Major Donor with Andrew Olsen

44 mins; September 26, 2024

#169 An Epic First Visit with Giovanni Mowrey!

39 mins; September 12, 2024

#168 Growing To Nearly $5 Million in Revenue with Dani Ruhf

80 hours 0 mins; August 28, 2024

#167 Flatscreen TV's and Deceiving Donors

7 mins; August 07, 2024

#166 When Is It Time To Leave a Job You Love?

10 mins; July 16, 2024

#165 Networking and Landing Multiple Job Offers with Molly Zepeda

32 mins; July 09, 2024

#164 The Best Way To Learn Major Gifts

10 mins; July 01, 2024

#163 Passion and Overcoming Objections with Rabbi Shaya Fox

58 mins; June 25, 2024

#162 How Do You Make $1 Million/Year?

14 mins; June 18, 2024

#161 Grit, Conquering Fear, and Reaching $1 Million with Maria Puccini

60 hours 18 mins; June 11, 2024

#160 Prayer and a 6-Figure Gift with Micah Tomasella

45 mins; June 05, 2024

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