The Breakthru Podcast
Welcome to the Breakthru Podcast – I’m J.Paul Fridenmaker and I am amazed by all you folks who do fundraising, inviting generous people to resource causes all over the world. In the Breakthru Podcast, we interview high net worth givers globally to listen and learn about how we, as fundraisers, can do our best work in inviting people to the party.
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Interspersed throughout the great guest interviews, you'll see audio readings from The Breakthru Blog. Each of those are titled with the length of the reading and the date of original post. The link to the written versions are included in the show notes of each reading.
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Episodes
4 days ago
4 days ago
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Related links in this series:Blog post "The Shape Of Service" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/the-shape-of-service)
Blog post "The Shape Of Quality" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/the-shape-of-quality)
Saturday Jun 20, 2026
Saturday Jun 20, 2026
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Link referred to in this episode:Blog post "The Shape Of Service" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/the-shape-of-service)
Saturday Jun 13, 2026
Saturday Jun 13, 2026
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Friday Jun 05, 2026
Friday Jun 05, 2026
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
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Links referred to in the episode:
Post #5 in The Invitation Series - "When They Start Asking You" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/when-they-start-asking-you)
Saturday May 30, 2026
Saturday May 30, 2026
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the episode:
First post in The Invitation series: Let's Party (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/lets-party)
Second post: Acute Invitational Misalignment Syndrome (AIMS) (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/acute-invitational-misalignment-syndrome-aims)
Third post: The Cost Of Getting It Wrong (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/the-cost-of-getting-it-wrong)
Fourth post: Before The Ask Ever Happens (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/before-the-ask-ever-happens)
Fifth post: When They Start Asking You (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/when-they-start-asking-you)
Friday May 22, 2026
Friday May 22, 2026
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the episode:
First post in The Invitation series: "Let's Party" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/lets-party)
Friday May 15, 2026
Friday May 15, 2026
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the episode:
First post in The Invitation series: "Let's Party" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/lets-party)
Monday May 11, 2026
Monday May 11, 2026
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the episode:
First post in The Invitation series: "Let's Party" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/lets-party)
Saturday May 02, 2026
Saturday May 02, 2026
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the episode:
First post in The Invitation series: "Let's Party" (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog/lets-party)
Strength of Relationship Assessment Tool (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HTV95ZL-p-u0wW4X4QUfWy4isvoJjQ-U/view?usp=sharing)
Friday Apr 24, 2026
Friday Apr 24, 2026
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)