jack silverstein

🎙️ James Misner of The Kipos Group says there are a lot of very relational people who can't raise a $ to save their life 💸 So what actually separates the great ones? #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast linkedin.com/pulse/tales-fr… via @LinkedIn

4/4 He also had something to say about fundraisers who brag about never asking for money, and honestly, it's worth the listen just for that moment alone 😂 👉 yucks.ca/2026/04/21/tal… #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

3/4 It's about #s on a resume, & 3 very specific traits that he looks for in every hire 🔍 Hungry. Humble. Smart. He breaks down exactly what each 1 means in practice — including y emotional intelligence matters > raw intellect when it comes to asking for a gift 🧠❤️

1/n 🎙️ Just dropped a new episode of Tales from the Trenches Tuesdays and this one is packed with insight from someone who has helped organizations raise hundreds of millions of dollars 💰

🔥 Your funders ARE on LinkedIn — you're just not looking in the right places 👀 Plus — don't sleep on lurkers. They're more active than you think 📲 #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast linkedin.com/pulse/tales-fr… via @LinkedIn

4/4 👉 yucks.ca/2026/04/14/tal… #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

3/4 And lurkers? Nearly 57% of LinkedIn users never post publicly, but they are reading, scrolling, and sliding into DMs 📲 One post, one point. Read the room. Start the conversation 🎯

1/n 🔥 Most nonprofits are sleeping on LinkedIn — and it's costing them big. I just had the most eye-opening conversation with Michelle Benson, a 30-year fundraising veteran who teaches organizations how to find funders without cold messaging or spending hours on content 🙌

🤫 Ur next donor is already watching you on LinkedIn — silently 👀 They're not liking ur posts. They're not commenting. But they're reading every word 📖 #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast linkedin.com/pulse/tales-fr… via @LinkedIn

3/3 👉 yucks.ca/2026/04/07/tal… #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

2/3 Mario calls these people "silent lurkers" and he believes your nonprofit's next major corporate partner might already be one of them 🤝 We also got into why $600 billion in annual startup exits is a massively untapped opportunity for the nonprofit sector 💡

1/n 🎙️Mario Hernandez said something that reframed how I think about LinkedIn 4 nonprofits 🧠 A CEO hired him for a keynote after finding him through a post she never liked, never commented on, & never shared 👀 She just read it quietly — & when she was ready, she reached out 💬

🎙️ What makes a great fundraiser? According to MikeDuerksen of @BuildGood — it's not a degree or a CFRE 🚫📜 It's curiosity, ownership, and the courage to fail forward 💡 #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast linkedin.com/pulse/tales-fr… via @LinkedIn

4/4 👉 yucks.ca/2026/03/31/tal… #fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

3/4 Orgs need a dedicated innovation fund — separate from ops — & that the right donors won't just accept that risk, they'll be energized by it 🔥 & when it comes to building ur team? Skip credentials section on the resume & go straight to the hobbies 👀

1/n 🎙️ What if the secret to great fundraising isn't a degree, a CFRE, or even experience? According to Mike Duerksen, founder of BuildGood, it comes down to one thing above all else — curiosity 🔍

Next wk at the Passover Seder we read about the 10 plagues inflicted upon Pharoah in hopes that he would “let my people go”. #1 plague was blood. The rivers turned to blood. Blood was central to the Passover story. Donating blood is central to my story. @CanadasLifeline