The Washington Post did a great story on the Pentagon memorial called From Families’ Grief, a Symbol of Loss and Hope. This is a must read for fundraisers. It talks about how Jim Laychak worked through funding hurdles and his own emotions of losing his brother on 9/11. He came to realize that the only [...]

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Could I ask you a big Friday favor? Would you help me get Ask Without Fear! into Starbucks stores? My local baristas strongly encouraged me to try to get Ask Without Fear! into Starbucks in conjunction with the National Philanthropy days in November. The "grassroots" appeal of the book is perfect for the typical Starbucks [...]

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I’m really excited to be offering a full day of “Ask Without Fear!” training here in Waterville, ME on Saturday, September 13. This training will be ideal for board members and volunteers who are feeling guilty that they’re not doing as much fundraising as they think is expected of them. They’ll learn that fundraising really [...]

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Today was my first Borders book signing. Honestly, I don’t “get” the idea behind a booksigning. I’m still not, but I did sell 18 copies Ask Without Fear!, despite the amazingly dry, sunny weather outside. I guess that just may be the point, eh? Selling books? Interestingly, my customers were from out of state! I’m [...]

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Last night, I held a free Ask Without Fear! fundraising seminar to a standing room only crowd at the local library. It’s always a rush to speak to a standing room only group. And these were mainly “normal people”–board members and volunteers. I love talking to this group! But my 8 year-old son had a [...]

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The Waterville Public Library is hosting "Ask Without Fear!: An Evening with fundraiser and author Marc A. Pitman" on Tuesday, August 12. The free 60-minute Ask Without Fear! seminar will start at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by a Q & A period and a book signing. So if you’re in Maine, come and [...]

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Well, my intended guest Stephen Nill, founder and CEO of CharityChannel.com was embroiled in nasty network outages that kept him from being on the show. I guess this was bound to happen with a live radio show! So I took the unexpected time to wax eloquent on thoughts about “doing the right thing” with our [...]

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See for yourself. Yes, he has sold millions of copies. But today, he and I are neck and neck on Amazon!

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I just got back from the AMA conference in DC and found this article in the Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems newsletter: Inland Author Strives for Healthy Communities Three years ago, Marc Pitman joined Inland Hospital as director of the Inland Foundation. Since he arrived, the Inland Foundation has received gifts of more than a million [...]

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Roger Carr just listed Ask Without Fear! as one of the “Top 7 Reads for Nonprofit Marketers and Fundraisers.” He’s listed it in an auspicious group! Others on the list include Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes and Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die See the list [...]

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