Have you ever been put on the spot by an excellent question? Last week, I was speaking at a Rotary Club. At the end of the presentation, one man asked this question: For some of us, we’d rather have a long, sharp wooden stick put in our eye than ask people for...
I’ve just created a page of the inspirational quotations used in my fundraising training book. These have helped so many of the thousands of people that have read the book that I’ll also be sharing some of them on Twitter with the hashtag #awfquotes. There...
Because sometimes all you need is a little kick! This year, I’ve got a lot of great products and services I’ll be rolling out to help you raise money. Today, I want to introduce you to a cool new service I’m really excited about called...
I just watched this video from Scott Harrison, founder of charity:water filmed at last year’s NextGenCharity conference. Watch this. Scott’s background helped him to actually hear people’s objections to normal “charity.” So he set out to...
As I’ve said in earlier posts, studies show that more than 20% of donations are received today and tomorrow. How have you prepared for this? What are you doing over the next two days to make it ridiculously easy for donors to give? When I was running a...
All month, I’ve been seeing some odd email subjects trying to get me to give. Would you open any of these? An Appeal From [Nonprofit] CEO [Name] It’s Not Too Late for Your 2010 Tax Deduction: Support [nonprofit] Today Since we are at year-end, could you...