“Wisdom from the field” By Tzviki Krasnjansky
“Wisdom from the field” By Tzviki Krasnjansky
Podcast Description
This podcast brings you the journeys, experiences, and lessons of Shluchim, offering both practical advice and powerful insights to fuel your next fundraising breakthrough.
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The show explores themes of resilience, faith, and fundraising strategies within the Chabad-Lubavitch community, with episodes like 'The Courage to Rebuild' showcasing personal stories and practical advice from Shluchim who have faced significant challenges and emerged stronger.
Wisdom from the Field is a podcast for shluchim focused on real breakthroughs — in fundraising, leadership, and growth.
Through honest conversations with shluchim from the field, the podcast explores the experiences, challenges, decisions, and lessons that have brought trues shlichus success. These interviews offer practical insights, fresh perspectives, and real-world wisdom drawn from lived experience — what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what they’ve learned along the way.
Alongside the interviews, the podcast also features Field Notes — short, practical reflections drawn from coaching work and recurring patterns across conversations in the field. Field Notes are designed to offer clear, grounded insights you can sit with or apply right away.
Whether you’re navigating fundraising, leadership pressure, growth, or clarity in your shlichus, Wisdom from the Field is here to support your next breakthrough.
In this episode of Wisdom from the Field, I sit down with legendary fundraising coach Mendel Duchman, whose message can be summed up in one word: Padyom — pick yourself up and go.
Mendel has spent decades on the front lines of shlichus, working directly with shluchim in their communities, meeting balabatim face-to-face, and helping moisdos regain stability and momentum. Drawing from real-world experience, he makes a powerful case for why showing up — especially when it’s uncomfortable — is the greatest fundraising superpower a shliach can develop.
In this candid and energetic conversation, we explore:
Why fundraising doesn’t start when you need money — but when you take responsibility
How fear shows up right before the ask, and how to move through it
The discipline of getting out of the office and into real conversations
A simple, practical framework for fundraising: prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
Real stories where one bold moment of Padyom changed the trajectory of a moisad
This episode is a reminder that confidence doesn’t come before action — it’s built through action.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, hesitant, or overwhelmed around fundraising, Mendel’s message is simple and direct: your main superpower is showing up
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For more on the work I do with Shluchim, see my website: CoachingByTzviki.com
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