Testimonials
Leora Hanser
Chief Development Officer, NPR and former Chief Development Officer, U.S. Soccer Foundation
“Our work with Cause Partners was a tremendous success.
We were able to focus on growing relationships with our existing partners while they took the lead on new business outreach. In addition to building a robust pipeline of prospective partners, they sourced, engaged and secured partnerships totaling more than $6M in cash (plus significant in-kind investment) from the likes of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Adidas, Powerade and others that allowed girls from underserved communities to benefit from participation in the sport of soccer.”
Courtney Davidson
AVP of Corporate Development, JDFR International and former Associate Director of Corporate Partnerships for Wounded Warrior Project
“Wounded Warrior Project’s goal in working with Cause Partners was to enhance our teams’ sales skills in general, and, more specifically, to apply best practices of sales to make our Discovery Calls with prospective partners ‘better’ in a measurable way.
Dan quickly established our baseline competence, a measurable 'scorecard’ for improvement and specific tactics to implement. He got us set up to use conversation intelligence (call-recording) software and reviewed calls weekly with each of our four (4) team members.
Watching and hearing ourselves on calls was uncomfortable at first, but the results were phenomenal. We generated more truly qualified prospects, shortened our sales cycles, and our entire team became more confident, efficient, and productive.”
Chris Perry
Chief Development Officer
“Before engaging with Cause Partners, we spent a lot of time creating very detailed, customized proposals that weren’t delivering the results we wanted.
Dan helped us take a few steps back, think through our unique value proposition and assets and translate them into clear, concise talking points and sales materials. The results of becoming more clear and concise in our written and oral communications have been more efficient and effective conversations in which more quickly determine if there’s alignment and, if there is, how to keep the momentum going.”
Kathleen Ruddy
CEO, The St. Baldrick’s Foundation
“Cause Partners is aptly named. We view them not as a consultancy but rather as an extension of our internal team.
They’ve helped us create a corporate partnership program, take it to the marketplace, and secure our first National Partnership, a multi-year, seven-figure partnership with Sport Clips. We couldn’t be happier with our work together. ”
Maureen Smith
Vice President of Marketing, National Wildlife Federation
“Cause Partners forced us (willingly) to rethink our approach to corporate marketing relationships.
The result has been a much improved “story” to share with prospective partners, clearer value propositions, a robust pipeline of potential sponsors and a significant integrated partnership with Subaru of America.
We’re not only pleased with the results, we’ve really enjoyed the process of working with Cause Partners.”
Christine Soldner
Senior Director, Corporate Development at Starlight Children’s Foundation
The executive function coaching with Sharon was a great exercise in self-reflection. Her coaching weighs individual strengths and areas for improvement equally which allows for both reflection on your current approach and an openness to trying new methods.
I’ve already started implementing her tips and tricks for better time management and task organization and noticed my work days are better planned and more efficient for getting my work done. If you’re looking to make the most of your work hours, Sharon’s sessions are invaluable regardless of job title or scope.
Aimee Finn
Senior Director, Marketing & Community Engagement at Starlight Children's Foundation
I hadn’t taken time in years to really think about how I work and why – and it was even more valuable than I would have thought to do so with Sharon.
I found our sessions practical and useful from the beginning. She’s great at talking through different strategies and techniques for getting the most out of your day, meeting you where you are and how you like to work. I highly recommend making this investment in yourself and your team: being able to work more efficiently and leave each day feeling like you got the most out of it makes any job more impactful and satisfying.
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