Comments on: What if nonprofits did fundraising like the Big 3? http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/ Fundraising seminars & training from The Fundraising Coach, Marc A. Pitman Tue, 22 May 2012 15:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Marc A. Pitman http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14214 Marc A. Pitman Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:39:08 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14214 Steve, by the way, I've been meaning to ask if I could borrow that jet for an ask I'm doing next week? :) Steve, by the way, I’ve been meaning to ask if I could borrow that jet for an ask I’m doing next week? :)

]]> By: steve cunningham http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14213 steve cunningham Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:22:15 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14213 I'm not sure how I would raise money if I was the Big 3, but I know one thing for sure - I'd be showing up for the 'ask' in my foundation-funded private jet. I’m not sure how I would raise money if I was the Big 3, but I know one thing for sure – I’d be showing up for the ‘ask’ in my foundation-funded private jet.

]]> By: Chris http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14211 Chris Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:30:36 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14211 Great Thread! When money is readily available as it has been over the last 15 years businesses get jaded and think that it will never end. If the Big 3 had to fight and scratch for their revenues like non profits do, they may have done a better job of planning and could have been in a better position to weather this storm. As it stands the Big 3 will in fact be non-profits benefiting the UAW, at least for the foreseeable future. Great Thread! When money is readily available as it has been over the last 15 years businesses get jaded and think that it will never end.

If the Big 3 had to fight and scratch for their revenues like non profits do, they may have done a better job of planning and could have been in a better position to weather this storm. As it stands the Big 3 will in fact be non-profits benefiting the UAW, at least for the foreseeable future.

]]> By: Hildy Gottlieb http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14210 Hildy Gottlieb Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:29:03 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14210 Marc: This has been my problem for years with the "run like a business" mantra. Which business exactly do they want us to emulate? I used to ask, "Enron?" Now I can ask - well - pick one! I've always said I wish businesses would run more like the best of what we see in Community Benefit Organizations - a dedication to clients / program participants, a connection to what matters most - now there’s a business model aimed at success! On a very different note, thanks for being spot on in your comments in the Chronicle discussion on Tuesday. As the lone guest, trying to answer as many questions as possible in a very short amount of time, I smiled to see you there! HG Marc:
This has been my problem for years with the “run like a business” mantra. Which business exactly do they want us to emulate? I used to ask, “Enron?” Now I can ask – well – pick one!

I’ve always said I wish businesses would run more like the best of what we see in Community Benefit Organizations – a dedication to clients / program participants, a connection to what matters most – now there’s a business model aimed at success!

On a very different note, thanks for being spot on in your comments in the Chronicle discussion on Tuesday. As the lone guest, trying to answer as many questions as possible in a very short amount of time, I smiled to see you there!
HG

]]> By: Marc A. Pitman http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14209 Marc A. Pitman Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:00:19 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14209 Angelica: You're preaching to the choir here! :) Angelica: You’re preaching to the choir here! :)

]]> By: Marc A. Pitman http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14208 Marc A. Pitman Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:58:45 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14208 Thanks for letting me have a "teaching moment" about planned giving. ;) Thanks for letting me have a “teaching moment” about planned giving. ;)

]]> By: A. Sandoval http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14207 A. Sandoval Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:36:23 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14207 The sad thing is that non-profits have been operating like this for decades, economic crisis or not. Second to this atrocity, a majority of non-profits have no idea how to use technology and social media to their advantage. This is a market that is in desperate need of coaching! Social media is an incredible medium for connecting with non-profits' constituents and showing their donors how they are fulfilling their missions. The sad thing is that non-profits have been operating like this for decades, economic crisis or not. Second to this atrocity, a majority of non-profits have no idea how to use technology and social media to their advantage. This is a market that is in desperate need of coaching! Social media is an incredible medium for connecting with non-profits’ constituents and showing their donors how they are fulfilling their missions.

]]> By: Ike http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14205 Ike Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:43:34 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14205 Just referring to the notion that the bill is paid after I die. :p Just referring to the notion that the bill is paid after I die. :p

]]> By: Marc A. Pitman http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14204 Marc A. Pitman Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:21:34 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14204 Ike, Ike, Ike, In <i>good</i> planned giving, your kids wouldn't pay the costs! They'd be taken care of <i>before</i> the nonprofit got a gift. :) Ike, Ike, Ike,

In good planned giving, your kids wouldn’t pay the costs! They’d be taken care of before the nonprofit got a gift. :)

]]> By: Ike http://fundraisingcoach.com/2008/12/11/what-if-nonprofits-did-fundraising-like-the-big-3/comment-page-1/#comment-14203 Ike Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:07:08 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/?p=756#comment-14203 Who are you kidding? The Big-3 *ARE* acting like non-profit fundraisers. Since the costs are being shifted to my unborn grandchildren, and I'll be long-dead once the bill is paid, how is this any different than Planned Giving? ;) Who are you kidding? The Big-3 *ARE* acting like non-profit fundraisers.

Since the costs are being shifted to my unborn grandchildren, and I’ll be long-dead once the bill is paid, how is this any different than Planned Giving?

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