by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 22, 2009 | 1. Research, Samples & Tools
Like so many others in the past few days, I read a great blog post on what twitter lists can say about your personal brand by Jay Baer. He points out that Twitter lists give a unique insight in to what people think of you. As he says, these words they use help tell...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 19, 2009 | Events, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools, Specials
What happens when techie people decide to express their gratitude during Thanksgiving? TweetsGiving of course! Will you join me in tweeting your gratitude? You can find out all about it at: http://tweetsgiving.org/. Be sure to click on the “join us” link....
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 17, 2009 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Myths, Fundraising Secrets
Within the last couple weeks, there was an article about another nonprofit closing. Reading the article, I saw an incredibly common fundraising myth perpetuated. The myth sounds goes something like this: if we only had more businesses and foundation grants, then our...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 16, 2009 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Samples & Tools, Stories
Waterville’s amazing librarian, Sarah Sugden passed on this terrific article from the New York Times, How to Market Your Business With Facebook. It’s well worth reading for nonprofits too. For instance, take this great advice: Some basic rules: Buy-buy-buy...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 12, 2009 | Odd
Earlier this week, I walked into an office here at Inland Hospital and saw this. After being a bit grossed out, I read that it was one way this office was collecting for our hospital’s United Way drive. Being the geek I am, I decided to run a photo caption...
