by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 24, 2011 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask
There are so many great, free fundraising resources. I’m just now catching up on Tom Ahern’s wonderful newsletter. Tom is an amazing wordsmith of fundraising prose. Every couple week’s, Tom sends out an email filled with anecdotes backed by...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 23, 2011 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Myths
I get the opportunity to work with a lot of faith-based organizations. I love helping them get excited about raising money and showing them that others in the Bible got excited about fundraising too! But I’m amazed by a persistent cop-out so common among...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 22, 2011 | Education Opportunities
This summer, I’ve served on an ad hoc strategic planning committee for an organization here in Maine that’s just celebrated its tenth year. As with any organization that survives this long, we find the environment now is a lot different than when the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 19, 2011 | Internet & Social Media
About an hour ago, I tweeted a question about what to use for photo editing on my brand new Mac. (Yep, looks like my PC died. So after about 16 years of being PC, I’m back to being Mac.) In the tweet, I mentioned I’d used SnagIt on my PC and loved it, but...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 17, 2011 | Job Opportunity
Many years ago, I had the opportunity to help the then nascent Hospice of Southern Maine raise the last million dollars in a successful $3 million campaign to help build a free-standing hospice care facility. It is a tremendous organization doing incredibly important...
