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[Guest Post] Expanding Your Money Mindset

[Guest Post] Expanding Your Money Mindset

by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 3, 2020 | 3. Ask, Guest Posts

Changing the way you think about money is a vital key to becoming successful at fundraising. In this guest post, Andrea Waltz points out an important area for us to address. Andrea is the author of “Go for No! Yes is the destination, No is how you get...
Get over your discomfort and politely ask for money

Get over your discomfort and politely ask for money

by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 19, 2019 | 3. Ask

I recently tweeted “your discomfort with asking is getting in the way of a donor’s joy in giving. So get out of the way!” (Click here to tweet that.) Since then, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to get over the discomfort! How to...
Impact Storytelling – translating data to action

Impact Storytelling – translating data to action

by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 22, 2019 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets

Today I was honored to give a webinar with CiviCore on data and impactful stories. I shared one researcher’s experience with stumbling on to a form of a story. Then look at studies about using statistics in fundraising versus not using any statistics. We saw...
Be strategic and curious – not a jerk

Be strategic and curious – not a jerk

by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 25, 2019 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship)

Did you read the “Outspoken Donor” article in a recent Chronicle of Philanthropy? I didn’t like it very much. But some of the donor’s experiences with fundraisers are chilling. For example, she says: “Development officers sometimes think...
3 steps for less stress in fundraising for the next six months

3 steps for less stress in fundraising for the next six months

by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 17, 2019 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets

Do you feel it? The airports and highways are filled with last minute vacation seekers. Back to school supplies are flying off shelves. The school buses are doing practice runs. It’s almost the fall. For whatever reason, people seem to “settle in” to...
Giving headlines should grab your attention, but not for the reasons you think

Giving headlines should grab your attention, but not for the reasons you think

by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 15, 2019 | 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Question Marc?

Private coaching clients have been emailing me the doom and gloom articles on the latest Giving USA report. Giving was up about $3 billion but when adjusted for inflation, giving was down in 2018. This should grab our attention. But not for the reasons you think. In...
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