There have been some pretty high profile news stories of direct mail firms and telemarketers pocketing 75% to 85% of the money raised for a charity. The latest was reported yesterday on NPR reporting on a Bloomberg investigation of InfoCision’s work for...
I’m honored to be doing a fundraising training in Lewiston, Maine today at 11:00. It’s open to Chamber members and non-members. I’m sure you can pay at the door but since lunch is included with the price, I bet they’d love a call so they can...
Yesterday, I sent my Fundraising Kick members 3 contrarian tips on writing successful fundraising letters. Here are three more tips that seem to go against what we’d expect. These tips come from an amazing new book by Jeff Brooks called The Fundraiser’s...
I’m honored to be part of the new FundCoaches.com! The creators of FundCoaches.com were frustrated with how hard it was to find CFRE accredited training that didn’t cost and arm and a leg. So they got people like Tom Ahern, Simone Joyaux, Ted Hart, Marcy...
A few months ago, my colleague Pamela Grow released a new book specifically for nonprofits with a “one person” fundraising shop. This isn’t just theory for her, she actually has been successful as a one person shop. So, since I love small shops-and...
