by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 12, 2012 | 3. Ask, Education Opportunities
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...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 11, 2012 | 3. Ask, Book Review, Fundraising Letters, Fundraising Secrets
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...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 7, 2012 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Guest Posts, Samples & Tools
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...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 4, 2012 | 3. Ask
It’s September! How are your fundraising goals going? Could you use 100 new donors by December 3rd? I know that sounds like “hype” that a snake oil salesman would use. But this isn’t hype, this a set of 12 action-oriented interviews for...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 28, 2012 | 3. Ask, Objections
[Warning: rant in progress] Stop it with the excuses. The timing is never perfect. There are always reasons to put off asking people to support your nonprofit. And that is a sure way to get your nonprofit bankrupt. If your nonprofit is doing important work, people...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 24, 2012 | Objections
Today’s news is reporting Lance Armstrong’s decision to not fight the doping charges. Many are saying he’s basically admitting he’s guilty. Herein lies one of the biggest challenges for nonprofits that are branded around a personality....
