by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 3, 2006 | 3. Ask, Book Review
No, I’m not going to talk about how much donor relations is like baby sitting–despite how similar they may feel at times! *grin*Â In reading Jeffrey Fox’s How To Become a Rainmaker, he devotes a short chapter to advice given to a babysitter. I found...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 25, 2006 | Odd
Here’s an interesting philanthropy experiment: what happens when you give 100 people $100 dollars? Some of them revolutionize their worlds. Check out the Chronicle of Philanthropy article here.
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 22, 2006 | Events
Cher Hersrud of the The Resource Center in Fargo, ND posted these ideas to the CharityChannel CharityTalk list. (Posted with her permission.) A couple of examples of the non-event from North Dakota: a theatre sold tickets for a Dark Night – people stayed home,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 19, 2006 | 3. Ask, Book Review, Objections
Another great tidbit in Jeffrey Fox’s “How to Become a Rainmaker”: The Rainmaker always turns a customer objection into a mutual–customer/Rainmaker–objective. Let’s say a donor says, “Gee, I’d love to make a $25,000 gift...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 12, 2006 | 3. Ask, Odd
Amy Kincaid at Fundraising Breakthroughs just posted on a creative fundraising strategy. At least they’re thinking out of the box! Would this work for you?