The Resolution
The real challenge
You sit across from someone who holds your organization's survival in their checkbook. Say what needs to be said about whose mission this actually is.
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The Difficult Donor
→A major funder wants to influence your direction. Navigate power dynamics when the money comes with strings attached.
Part of the quest
Social Entrepreneurship
→Building a business that makes money and makes a difference. Navigate the unique tensions of mission-driven work where impact and revenue must coexist. You'll navigate four escalating scenarios — from the mission drift to the scale question — practicing the decisions that matter most when the pressure is real and the stakes are personal. This isn't theory. It's practice for the moments that define how this chapter of your life unfolds.
What you'll learn from The Resolution
This scenario focuses on The real challenge — a critical skill inside the broader career domain. You'll face a decision where the instinctive response is often the wrong one. After you make your choice, you'll see exactly what happened in the other person's head and why it mattered. The scenario is part of The Difficult Donor, a full interactive story inside the Social Entrepreneurship quest.
Skills you'll build in Social Entrepreneurship
More scenarios in this quest
Your biggest donor requests a meeting and their tone on the phone was not the warm one you are used to. They fund forty percent of your budget and they want to 'discuss direction.'
The donor wants you to pivot toward a population that polls better but needs you less. Their money comes with a new theory of change — theirs, not yours.
They hint at pulling funding if you do not comply, and two staff members hear the conversation. The power dynamic is naked now — and your team is watching how you handle it.
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