Tomorrow I’m teaching my first “open” fundraising class. It’ll be held in Lewiston, Maine at the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce. For more information, and to register for the class, go to http://fundraisingcoach.com/class. Apparently people are finding this lower price-point option fits with their ever tightening budgets! The idea has proven so popular, I’m already [...]

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I love 501 Videos free Movie Mondays. And I love history. So I loved listening to today’s “Brief History of Philanthropy” video! Looking at ancient history, including named giving opportunities in Ephesus, Stuart takes us right up to the present. All in about 5 minutes! To see it, just click on this screen shot to [...]

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Wreck the New Year Resolutions! Statistically, they’ll be over by the end of January anyway! Lets set goals for 2011 that will bring us through the year. So I’m offering a free conference call on Thursday, December 30 to help us jumpstart 2011. There have been lots of great talks about goal setting here at [...]

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All year, people have told me that hour long webinars are just too long. We’re all pressed for time. So I’m starting a 22 Minute Institute: 22 minute webinars focusing on some aspect of either: Fundraising, Leadership, or Social Media Would you help me shape this series? I’d appreciate your answering this brief 3 questions [...]

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I checked out my site today and saw the message on the left from my TripIt widget. It’s good to be home. But I had a great time doing fundraising training for the last few weeks in New Zealand. I taught 9 times in about 10 days: 5 times at the TONIC conference in Tauranga [...]

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How to use Wordle and LinkedIn to help your job searchTonight, Chris Brogan led a webinar on how to enhance your job search with social presence. He shared a ton of great info! You can see the tweets by searching the #hbwjobs. One of the ideas was using Wordle to see if your LinkedIn profile [...]

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How To Become a Fundraising Hero – International Bowl Expo 2010 View more presentations from Marc Pitman. Here are my slides from today’s session How to Become a Fundraising Hero at the 2010 International Bowl Expo here in Las Vegas, NV. I really had a blast talking to for-profit businesses and helping them help nonprofits [...]

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If you subscribe to my bi-weekly fundraising email newsletter, you know I’m a big fan of 501Videos’ Movie Mondays. These short, free movies, are timely training tools and wonderful weekly reminders. Plus, they give you an inside look at how other fundraising professionals are approaching their work. I’ve even been privileged to be in a [...]

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I’m pleased that my Twitter for Nonprofits blog post is helping people venture into Twitter and other social media! After that post, a fellow Twitter follower, Jon Swanson, recommended following Cheryl Smith of CultureSmith Consulting. I agree! Her blog has great tips on using social media in business. And Mark Hayward (@mark_hayward on Twitter) has [...]

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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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