by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 23, 2008 | Odd, Samples & Tools
See’s Chocolates sent me a tin of chocolates they use for a chocolate fundraiser. I told them my blog doesn’t talk about fundraising sales, but they insisted and who am I to turn down free chocolate? 🙂 The tin came yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised by...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 19, 2008 | Odd
I sure love the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Give & Take” roundup of nonprofit blogs. Today I found a gem from fundraising consultant Tom Belford on the Madoff ponzi scandal. Tom writes on a pretty obvious, but unspoken, double standard: every...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 16, 2008 | 3. Ask
The end of the year is coming upon us with unrelenting speed. Even if it’s not the end of your fiscal year, this is a tremendously important time. And there’s just over 2 weeks to go. I tend to focus on soliciting individuals…or rather...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 11, 2008 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Odd
Like many Americans, I’ve been inundated with news stories about the Big 3 automakers attempts to get a federal loan of billions of dollars. Yes, billions. So I started wondering, what if the Big 3 were to teach nonprofits how to fundraise? Some of the humorous...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 6, 2008 | 2. Engage, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
I love the benefits of social media: the ability to make connections, meet people I’d never meet staying here in Maine, two-way conversation rather than simply one-way broadcasting, etc. So I’ve added Google FriendConnect to my site. Just go to...
