A few weeks back, a reader asked me for examples of organizations that told their stories well.
I drew a blank. Do you know of any groups that you think are telling their story well? Let me know by making a comment to this blog post.
One group that is incredibly consistent in their story telling is [...]

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A few weeks ago, I reported on a talk by Andy Goodman and the importance of story. (Click here to read that post.)
A few days ago, one of you posted this comment to that post:
I recently found your site. Thank you for sharing these tips! I have volunteered to write the newsletter and other literature [...]

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A few months ago, I attended “Meet the Funders” conference hosted by the Maine Philanthropy Center. The highlight for me was the keynote address by Andy Goodman on storytelling. If you ever are able to hear him speak, I highly recommend it!
He persuasively explained the importance of storytelling. Studies have shown our retention of information [...]

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Tom Suddes of ForImpact.org recently posted this joke to his blog:
“There is the story of a pastor who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: ‘I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it’s still [...]

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Despite my amazing ability to complicate things, I’m a firm believer in keeping things simple. Simplicity has a beauty of its own. Especially in fundraising.
Asking people for money brings up all sorts of fears. Once a person overcomes those fears and starts trying to find out how to ask people for money, she’s often bogged [...]

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Welcome back to the Extreme Fundraising Ezine! And welcome to our new subscribers!
It was wonderful getting to meet so many of you at APC’s East Coast Fall Conference at Friends Select School in Philadelphia! What an incredible time! I always find that to be one of the most helpful and informative conferences of the year. [...]

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Greetings and welcome back to the Extreme Fundraising Ezine!
In our last issue, we gave an overview of the Pareto Principle. In last week’s teleclass, we looked at Vilfred Pareto in depth and explored how his 80:20 observation could be applied to various aspects of our day-to-day life. In this issue and the next, we’ll explore [...]

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