Sometimes, you just need to be pumped up!

Here’s a Major Gift Ask Pump-Up Playlist — sequenced to take a fundraiser from nerves → courage → confidence → joy, Below are my go-to pump-up songs and the occasions when I use them.

Courage & Centering (deep breath before the door opens)

Brave — Sara Bareilles

Sweetest Thing — Wyclef Jean

Beautiful Day — U2

I Lived — OneRepublic

The Bull — Kip Moore

Burning Man — Dierks Bentley & Brothers Osborne

Hype & Power (own the room energy)

Run the World (Girls) — Beyoncé
Stronger — Kelly Clarkson
Eye of the Tiger — Survivor
Don’t Stop Believin’ — Journey

The Champion — Carrie Underwood & Ludacris

Joy & Celebration (post-yes victory lap)

Happy — Pharrell Williams
Walking on Sunshine — Katrina & The Waves
Good as Hell — Lizzo
Uptown Funk — Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough — Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Long Live — Taylor Swift

Lovely Day— Bill Withers

Let It Out (feel all the feelings and rebuild your center)

Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) — Kelly Clarkson
Titanium — David Guetta ft. Sia
Shake It Out — Florence + The Machine

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart — Taylor Swift

Skyscraper — Demi Lovato