Listen Score
LS 39
Global Rank
TOP 2%

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗

Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
33 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
188 episodes
since Dec. 15, 2019
episodic

AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗

~90.00% of listeners are from United States.
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US
90.00%
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PH
2.91%
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HR
1.66%
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MX
1.25%
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CA
1.25%
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BG
1.25%
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RS
0.41%
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HK
0.41%
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RO
0.41%
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IN
0.41%
Others
0.04%
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What makes a gift truly transformational? And how do you know when a donor is ready to think and act that way? Today, we’re welcoming back Ben Porter, a principal gifts expert who joined us previously in Episode #31. Ben has just updated his 2017 principal gift study,this time looking at 24 univers…

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