run-the-cultivation-cycle

name	run-the-cultivation-cycle
description	Move a donor through identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship rather than jumping to the ask. Reach for this on a major-gift prospect.

Skill: Run the cultivation cycle

The gift follows the cycle; skipping to the ask is why asks fail.

Step 1 — Place the donor in the cycle

Where are they: identified, qualified, in cultivation, or ready (§3 #5)?

Step 2 — Plan the moves

Sequence the cultivation touches toward readiness.

Step 3 — Time the ask

Solicit at readiness, with the right amount and the right asker.

Step 4 — Steward forward

Acknowledge and report back to begin the next gift (§3 #7).

Output

A cycle placement, a moves plan, a timed ask, and a stewardship hand-off.