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Vanessa Chase Lockshin

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Vanessa Chase Lockshin is a consultant specializing in non-profit storytelling, fundraising and communications, author of The Storytelling Non-Profit: A practical guide to telling stories that raise money and awareness, and the creator of immersive online training programs for non-profit professionals. Vanessa's approach goes beyond strategies and tactics to empower non-profit professionals to be the expert their organization needs.

Vanessa has helped clients raise millions of dollars, increase a monthly giving program to over 5,000 donors, improved donor retention rates, create donor stewardship plans, and develop winning digital strategies.

Vanessa’s fundraising career started at The University of British Columbia, her alma mater. Her cli ...more

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The Storytelling Non-Profit: A practical guide to telling stories that raise money and awareness

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The Stationery Shop

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Romance Your Goals (Publishing How To Book 3)

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