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1. Connect with your coach. If you don't have one , what do we do here? Is there an MTDHealth email addy? or need a new one, email MTD@Reliant.org
2. Pray. Ask the Lord for a goal. 
3. Decide on a chunk of time you'll give to this project - and block time out on your calendar for phone calls/ admin/ follow-up
4. Top 20 list *Hint: Point them toward those who give a small amount, but their income has increased since they first started giving.  Medium-top tier donors are also good to ask to increase. 
   1. In the future, you can link this to the page about how to use MPDx to track an appeal. 
5. Reconnect with those supporters - or not. (Insert Matt Moore story)
6. Calculate your Intentional Gift Amount

   1. You can actually calculate an Intentional Gift amount that is an average based on your support goal. To do this:

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      *If a supporter is already giving at or above your Intentional Gift amount, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to an amount to set before your supporter.

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8. Go for it! And meet regularly with your coach for encouragement throughout the process. 
9. Follow up! It takes someone about 7x to hear a message before they act on it. If you haven't talked to them 7x by now, you're just getting started. Organize your MTD with automatic reminders to follow up with those who are making a decision (DOH) or have said yes but haven't increased their giving yet. Some follow-up ideas include: 
   1. Call. If you get them on the phone, ask if they have 5 minutes for you to walk them through..
   2. Text the link to your giving page and instructions on how to increase (LINK to a Solomon pg. Don't they have to delete current gift and create a new one?)
   3. Snail mail
   4. 3-way call with Gift Services (ph # & office hours)
   5. Donor can email Gift Services with the request to increase *make sure they use the same email address as used for their Reliant donor account. (insert GS email)
10. Discover who gave and thank them *Keva, see Pickens' description on how to find increases in giving. 
    1. Thank those who increase. The general standard is a hand-written thank-you card and a phone call. (Other ideas HERE.) 
11. Plan for ongoing connection

    1.  If we're looking for a donation, the conversation generally stops after we've received the gift. If we're looking to build ministry partnerships, the gift is only the beginning. simply the launching point to invite further conversation, further input and

       As Henri Nouwen states, everyone has a "poor" and everyone has a "rich." Working together as the Body of Christ looks like ministering to each other's "poor" out of our "rich." That wealthy supporter of yours also has a "poor."

       "Prayer letters are important, but they pale in comparison to one-on-one connections." - Greg, Reliant pastor for over 20 years. Greg has held a regular rhythm of texting or calling supporters throughout the year to see how they are doing and pray with them. Sometimes he updates them about what's happening in the ministry. But, most of the time, these calls are his chance to connect with and minister to his supporter. It's no wonder Greg's financial support is consistently strong, even with a large goal.

       No matter where you are in the timeline of an increase ask, make the one-on-one connection with your supporters a priority. Some choose to take a season of reconnecting before calling for increases. Others choose to use the increase ask call as a way to reconnect. Below are a few examples from missionaries on how they structured their increase ask process, whether internationally or stateside.

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