Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network Partners With Major Gifts Ramp-Up

Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network and Major Gifts Ramp-Up…It’s just meant to be!

“We’re thrilled to partner with Major Gifts Ramp-Up in the rollout of one of the very first streaming TV networks — Lifelong Learning & Sharing —  devoted to non-profit success and men, women and children seeking a stronger, brighter and more socially just future,” stated Jim Eskin, Founder, Eskin Fundraising Training.

As a founding partner, all branded Major Gifts Ramp-Up video content will be featured on both the anchor Eskin Fundraising Training Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network and a separate network of its own. Both networks can be accessed on Roku!

In the industry this is also known as Over-the-Top or OTT referring to delivering content via the Internet directly to viewers, replacing traditional cable or satellite TV channels — opening the door to a wider audience.

Streaming now accounts for nearly 45% of total TV viewership in the U.S., officially surpassing broadcast and cable combined. At the same time, 83% of U.S. adults use at least one streaming service, and about 70% say streaming is their go-to way to watch TV.

Consider the network a special type of “Netflix” featuring exclusive branded video content. Viewers can watch what video content they want, when they want and on any smart device of their choice.  Anyone with a Roku account can add the network easily and simply in minutes. More than 100 million people enjoy access to Roku, a number that is growing every day.

Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network PLUS Major Gifts Ramp-Up!

The mission statement is simple: Empower viewers to be the very best version of themselves possible.

Jim Eskin & Jimmy LaRose

“This is a partnership of kindred spirits,” said Eskin. Over the last 15 years it has been both a privilege and pleasure to collaborate with Jimmy LaRose and his outstanding team to empower everyone in the inspiring and vast philanthropic ecosystem to get the very strongest returns on the investment of their precious dollars and hours of service.”

“Jimmy is unquestionably a force of nature for doing good, and we are benefiting from his four decades of visionary leadership raising more than $1 billion for charities and other good causes with an average campaign cost of just 2% and enthusiastically engaging more than 20,000 professional and volunteer non-profit leaders in conferences,” Eskin highlighted.

The two organizations are totally aligned on priorities, values, delivery of educational programs and services that are user friendly, affordable and accessible … and most importantly — effective as demonstrated by data and research benefiting non-profits of all different missions, sizes and parts of the country.

Among the ironclad promises of the two organizations to professional and volunteer non-profit leaders, donors and other friends of America’s nearly $600 billion annual philanthropic enterprise:

• First and foremost, always tell the truth, whether or not it’s easy to hear.
• All programs and services are grounded in multimillion-dollar research on what works and what doesn’t work in the discovery, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of major gifts.
• Program content emphasizes friendly, conversational and easy to digest learning components and concepts.
• All participants are treated like V.I.P.’s  because that’s precisely what they are for sharing gifts of time, talent and treasure to better the world. The streaming TV network will be made available free of charge to all those who are part of Eskin Fundraising Training and Major Gifts Ramp-Up families.
• The bottom line is building non-profit capacity so more lives can be touched, improved and saved, especially helping those who are struggling.

The Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network features branded Major Gifts Ramp-Up video content that squarely places non-profits on the path to identifying likely donors, tapping robust marketing tools and setting the stage for winning solicitations in the five, six and seven-figure gift amounts.

The Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network also features a diverse line-up of subject matter experts offering free exclusive advice and counsel via on-demand videos on how to lead healthier, happier and more fulfilling lifestyles. Consider them muses inspiring better living.

From the very beginning, Eskin Fundraising Training has embraced the learning community approach in which everyone has wisdom, experience and personal insights to contribute, culminating with answers to any question arising in the live or virtual meeting room. The streaming TV explosion has expanded the size of the learning community to a scope never imagined possible.

The exclusive streaming platforms emphasize Roku that is already available on most smart TVs, or it can be added by making a minimal one-time purchase for an app. Viewers only need to access the Roku device and do the following …

(a) Go to the Home page;
(b) Find the Search magnifying glass;
(c) Type — Lifelong Learning in the search feature;
(d) The Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network artwork will appear on your screen;
(e) Click Add Channel and The Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network will be added with other channels alongside Netflix, Hulu, Tubi, and others;
(f) Click on The Lifelong Learning & Sharing Network on the screen and start scrolling to channels and video content of choice such as Major Gifts Ramp-Up.

Or to reach Major Gifts Ramp-Up Network directly:

(a) Go to the Home page;
(b) Find the Search magnifying glass;
(c) Type —Major Gifts Ramp-Up Network in the search feature;
(d) The Major Gifts Ramp-Up Network artwork will appear on your screen;
(e) Click Add Channel and Major Gifts Ramp-Up Network will be added with other channels alongside Netflix, Hulu, Tubi, and others;
(f) Click on Major Gifts Ramp-Up Network on the screen and start scrolling to video content of choice.

Powered by Largent Media

The services of John Largent, Founder/CEO, Largent Media, have been retained for his pioneering leadership as an award-winning digital media and podcast production agency. Largent has been featured on NBC’s Today Show and ESPN First Take as well as CNBC’s The Squawk Box, the Food Network, New York Times and more.

“If there’s one characteristic that everyone shares — it’s being too busy and just not having enough time. That’s precisely why the 24/7 on-demand convenience of a streaming TV network is so viewer friendly in today’s non-stop world. This is especially essential in the non-profit sector in which leaders are constantly challenged to accomplish more with less,” Eskin concluded.

About Eskin Fundraising Training

After a successful career leading advancement for three institutions of higher education, Jim Eskin’s consulting practice, Eskin Fundraising Training, launched in 2018, builds on the success of more than 250 fundraising workshops, webinars, broadcasts, podcasts and board sessions, and provides the training, coaching and support services to equip non-profit leaders to replace fear of fundraising with comfort and confidence. He has authored more than 150 guest columns that have appeared in daily newspapers, business journals and blogs across the country. He publishes Stratagems, a monthly e-newsletter exploring timely issues and trends in philanthropy. Sign up here for a free subscription. You will also receive invitations to free virtual learning community programs. He is author of 10 Simple Fundraising Lessons, an 82-page common sense guide to understanding the art and science of fundraising, and How to Score Your First or Next Million-Dollar Gift, 104 pages filled with strategies, best practices and homework assignments to unlock exciting opportunities that elevate organizational impact to the next level. Both are available in print and digital formats through Pathway, the book distributor, and Amazon. Quantity discounts are available to non-profits who want to