jack silverstein

Passionate over-achiever
Proud Zionist

[jack silverstein @yucks]

LI isn't a content channel 🚫📱 It's a networking event u never have to leave 🤝 Know the room, know ur audience, be urself — the algorithm does the rest ✨🎧Michelle Benson

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast
https://t.co/QZc8145mqU via @LinkedIn

[jack silverstein @yucks]

4/4

Know the room before you walk in 💡

🎧 https://t.co/pOK4p3gTB9

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

[jack silverstein @yucks]

1/n

🎙️ Most nonprofits are showing up on LinkedIn like it's just another social media platform — and wondering why nothing is landing 💭

[jack silverstein @yucks]

3/4

She also went somewhere unexpected 👉 religion and politics on LinkedIn. Her take? It's not about the topic, it's about the audience. The algorithm does the sorting. The people who aren't your audience won't see it. The ones who are? They'll engage 🙏

[jack silverstein @yucks]

Trying to get rid of some winter weight.

Step 1. End of Omer haircut

Step 2. Give blood

Well on my way!!!

@CanadasLifeline

[jack silverstein @yucks]

💸 A 4% response rate sounds bad. But turn off your DM pgm & watch what happens 6 mos later. Mike Duerksen explains y on the latest Tales from the Trenches Tuesdays. 🎙️

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

https://t.co/IAGgk2eMbY via @LinkedIn

[jack silverstein @yucks]

4/4

https://t.co/2MGuG5Bvev

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

[jack silverstein @yucks]

1/n

📬 Direct mail is dead. Or so people keep saying.

Mike Duerksen, founder of BuildGood, has heard that line for years — and the numbers just don't back it up. Donors who come through mail tend to stick around longer than almost anyone else. 💪

[jack silverstein @yucks]

3/4

There's also something Mike calls the flywheel effect — and once you understand it, you'll never look at a 4% response rate the same way again. 🔄

Latest episode of Tales from the Trenches Tuesdays is live now. 🎙️

[jack silverstein @yucks]

We spend 75% of their time convincing donors to give. 😤 What if that question was already answered b/f u walked in the room? 🔥

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

https://t.co/JrEIx8J5T3 via @LinkedIn

[jack silverstein @yucks]

4/4

https://t.co/LBluMFogOv

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

[jack silverstein @yucks]

1/n

Most fundraisers are solving the wrong problem. 🤔

That's the quiet bombshell Mike Todd dropped on this week's Tales from the Trenches Tuesdays — and once you hear it, you can't unhear it. 💥

[jack silverstein @yucks]

3/4

Mike also sees something even bigger on the horizon: impact investing, collaborative giving, and a future where donors and charities sit on the same side of the table. 🌱

That future is closer than most people think. 🎙️

[jack silverstein @yucks]

Best canvas? A donor who told her by email & phone, that he was never giving again. 😤 She showed up anyway. He gave. 💸 Hear the secret sauce recipe.

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

https://t.co/6iBhc0t9dz via @LinkedIn

[jack silverstein @yucks]

3/3

Two decades in major gifts. One visit nobody else wanted to take. Tune in. 🎙️

👉 https://t.co/gniBw9yc8X

#fundraising #philanthropy #talesfromthetrenchesTuesdays #podcast

[jack silverstein @yucks]

1/n

What's the worst visit you've ever been on? 🤔

For Sarah Grebow, it's not the angry lapsed donor who told her by email, & phone, that he was never giving another 🪙. 💸 It's not the 1 where she found out afterward the donor had a criminal history he forgot to mention. 😬

[jack silverstein @yucks]

2/n

It's the visits that wrap up too neatly. ✨

If a MG visit feels tidy, something probably didn't happen. 🚩 She should leave with more questions than she arrived with. More next steps. More curiosity. That's what a real philanthropic relationship looks like in motion.