by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 5, 2008 | Book Review, Donor Evangelists, Internet & Social Media
Reading through a recent issue of Contributions Magazine, I was delighted to stumble across a summary of a new book, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. The authors underwent an incredibly thorough research project to try and ferret out the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 21, 2008 | 2. Engage, Donor Evangelists, Education Opportunities
I’m having quite a week! Tuesday, I was invited to train the super-elite fundraisers for Habitat for Humanity International in Atlanta. I’ve been a fan of Habitat for years. And what a terrific group of development people they have! Now I’m at the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 7, 2008 | Donor Evangelists
Chris Busch has a great blog post on the differences of political campaign websites. You may remember that in the “Create a Cause” tenent Creating Donor Evangelists, I recommend looking at political sites to see what they do well. Well check out the sites...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 18, 2007 | Donor Evangelists, Fundraising Secrets
Liz Strauss has a great post on innovation at Brainless Business Bible: Customers want innovation. She says a speaker at a conference emphatically said “Customers want innovation.” He even had a powerpoint slide with that on it. But, as she points out,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 18, 2007 | 2. Engage, Donor Evangelists
Let’s revisit the idea of clubs. In his article, Michael Masterson gives an example of a dining club. Summing up the example, he states: The basic elements of a club that are at work in this example: Association with like-minded people This is the fraternal...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 13, 2007 | Donor Evangelists
Would you recommend us to your friends? On a recent teleclass, Jackie Huba says this is one of the best questions to help you identify your organization’s fans. You should be able to listen to the podcast here.
