Bring the
Magnetic Mission
to your stage.
Jonah Halper delivers keynotes that reframe fundraising for a generation tired of chasing, helping mission-driven organizations build stronger donor alignment, deeper relationships, and more durable philanthropic partnerships.
Most fundraising talks send people home with a list of tips.
Drawing from over two decades of working with Jewish day schools, federations, synagogues, social service organizations, and health institutions, and from the framework at the heart of his new book, Magnetic Mission, the follow-up to his widely-read Date Your Donors, Jonah's keynotes are built around one core idea: the organizations that thrive aren't the ones with the best campaigns. They're the ones with the deepest relationships.
Whether he's opening a conference, closing an annual meeting, or leading a half-day session for your development team or lay leadership, Jonah brings clarity, warmth, and the kind of practical wisdom that actually changes behavior. He speaks from experience, not theory, and your audience will feel the difference.
Signature talks
The Magnetic Mission Framework
Why the desperation trap repels the donors you most want, and how to build the gravitational pull that makes donors who share your True North come to you. Based on Jonah's new book.
Stop CHASING.
Start Attracting.
A mindset shift for development professionals and lay leaders who want to move from chasing to attraction, from urgency to authority, from pressure to partnership.
The Donor
Relationship Revolution
How Jewish nonprofits can move from transactional giving to magnetic partnerships, where donors stop feeling like contributors and start feeling like stakeholders.
Building Your Pipeline
From Scratch
A practical look at how to find your Shared North with donors, identifying whose values align with your mission, qualifying those relationships, and building the pipeline that sustains real growth.
The Art of the Ask
How to apply the permission principle and make the confident ask, moving from deep listening to clear invitation without pressure, apology, or self-negotiation.
Custom Keynote
Jonah works with event organizers to build content around your specific audience, theme, and goals. All topics can be tailored to your community's needs.
Who brings Jonah
Jonah speaks to the organizations and events where Jewish communal life gets built and funded. His content is calibrated for rooms that understand the stakes — and for audiences who are tired of generic advice.
If your attendees are responsible for hitting fundraising goals, managing donor relationships, or making the case for their institution's future, Jonah's content was built for them.
Annual professional conferences
Federation campaign trainings
JCC leadership events
Yeshiva & day school board retreats
Development staff professional days
Annual gala or campaign kickoff keynotes
Rabbinical & leadership associations
Synagogue fundraising events
WHAT AUDIENCES SAY
"I've sat through hundreds of keynotes in my career. Jonah's was the first one where I looked around mid-session and noticed that nobody in the room was on their phone. He creates a kind of gravitational pull from the moment he starts speaking, and by the end, our entire board was having conversations we had been avoiding for years."
"Jonah doesn't present. He opens something. Within the first ten minutes of our leadership retreat, he had a room full of skeptical executive directors leaning forward. He has this rare ability to make people feel seen before he's even made his point, and that's exactly what he teaches."
"Our team has been to a lot of trainings. They usually get a spike of enthusiasm that fades within a week. After Jonah's session, we're still using his frameworks six months later. He doesn't just inspire, he installs something that actually changes how your people show up in donor conversations."
"Jonah has the rare gift of making complex ideas feel obvious in hindsight. He took concepts our team had been struggling to articulate, why some donor relationships click, and others don't, why desperation pushes people away, and gave us a framework we could actually use the next morning. That's the mark of a truly great teacher."
Let's get jonah on your stage
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