Karen Lunde, Ph.D. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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DISC Type : Dc

Grant Impact Consultant at Enabling Grants LLC

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Overview

Karen is a Grant Impact Consultant at Enabling Grants LLC, focusing on enhancing community integration for people with disabilities. With a Ph. D. from UC San Diego, she has extensive experience with private foundations, where she is known as a "consummate professional. "

She is the founder and volunteer Executive Director of Fair Trade Minneapolis, a 501c3 nonprofit. Through this organization, she actively promotes ethical consumerism and supports Haitian artisans by selling their fair-trade art at local events in and around Minneapolis.

Unique fact: She founded a nonprofit to promote fair trade principles and provide fair-wage jobs for parents in Haiti.

Personality Overview

Fast But Wary

Quality Focused

Generally Skeptic

They are not focused on building rapport and relationships.  More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product. They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.

Topics They Care About

Disability Inclusion
Her consulting work is dedicated to discovering and evaluating grantees that increase independence and inclusion for people with disabilities.
Fair Trade Advocacy
As the founder of Fair Trade Minneapolis, she champions paying farmers and artisans fairly, sustainable agriculture, and ethical sourcing.
Nonprofit Strategy
Her career involves researching, evaluating, and strategizing for private foundations to maximize their community impact through grant-making.

Media Appearances

Karen has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2024
Grant Impact Consultant at Enabling Grants LLC
1-2023 - 12-2023
Senior Program Associate at private family foundation
1-2022 - 12-2022
Community Relations Manager at private family foundation
1-2021 - 12-2021
Community Impact Analyst at private family foundation
5-2020
Founder and Executive Director (as a volunteer) at Fair Trade Minneapolis

Education

1995 - 1999
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from UC San Diego
1981 - 1985
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from University of Iowa

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Insights For Selling To Karen

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers

DONT's

  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Karen is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Karen

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Karen move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Karen take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Karen

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