by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 14, 2005 | Book Review, Education Opportunities, Fundraising Myths
I. FUNDRAISING FOLLIES: Not Engaging Your Board II. WANTED: Your Help With My New Book III. RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT: CharityUniversity I. FUNDRAISING FOLLIES: Not Engaging Your Board Nonprofit board members must be the eighth wonder of the world! They have lives full of...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 2, 2005 | 3. Ask, Odd
I always suspected there was a user’s guide for spam out there somewhere. Now I’ve found it! When you’re fundraising, please remember that email addresses are a privilege. Don’t fall into the trap of using email exclusively “because...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 31, 2005 | Education Opportunities, Fundraising Myths
Welcome to the May 31st edition of Extreme Fundraising We’re continuing to look at the mistakes we make in asking people for money. I’m transitioning the archives to http://blog.fundraisingcoach.com/ so if you’re looking for previous issues, check there first....
by Marc A. Pitman | May 17, 2005 | Fundraising Myths, Samples & Tools
Welcome to the May 17th edition of Extreme Fundraising! I think we often learn more from our mistakes than our successes so we’re continuing to look at the mistakes we make in asking people for money. Previous issues of the EFE are available in the archives at...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 11, 2005 | Donor Evangelists
Here’s an article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on how blogging is opening foundations up to greater scrutiny. In the article, auther William Schambra writes: Bloggers are scrappy, radically individualistic insurgents. They like nothing better than to take on...