by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 16, 2009 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Donor Evangelists, Fundraising Secrets
In the last three weeks, I’ve given five talks about social media and fundraising to various groups of development officers. Today I was asked to sum up one of the sessions. Summing up social media without slides is challenging but here was my attempt: Social...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 2, 2009 | 2. Engage, Donor Evangelists, Internet & Social Media
The latest edition of FundRaising Success Magazine has a terrific article by Bryan Schoell called Get Your Head Out of the Sand. Here’s the begining: People are talking about you online. Ignoring that fact won’t make it go away, so you’d best join in the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 16, 2008 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Donor Evangelists
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is reporting that Sen. Grassley is continuing his push to increase regulations on nonprofit hospitals. I work in one and didn’t think the regulation could get any tighter–especially for small community hospitals with a large...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 9, 2008 | 2. Engage, Donor Evangelists, Stories
Anyone that’s attended any of my fundraising seminars knows I’m a big fan of storytelling. The NY Times offers a great article called 5 Tips for Telling Better Stories. In short, they are: Keep it simple Openings and closings are very important Be mindful...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 25, 2008 | Donor Evangelists
Sue Hoye over at the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Prospecting blog offers disturbing statistics about donor experiences with nonprofits. The Great American Donor Survey, conducted by Campbell Rinker, a marketing research company in Valencia, Calif., that...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 15, 2008 | Donor Evangelists
Well, the PRWeb approved press release is live and available at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb855134.htm