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 | Aug 5, 2008 | 2. Engage, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
Uber web 2.0 guru, Chris Brogan listed 50 social networking/web 2.0 sites at 50 Online Applications and Sites to Consider. How many are you using? More importantly: how many are your donors using? It’s wonderfully easy to engage donors where they’re...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 1, 2008 | 2. Engage, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
Anne Jackson just posted some great Anne’s list!
by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 31, 2008 | 2. Engage
I just got back from a talk about the changing labor force in Maine. It’s a very complex and challenging picture. The short form is that we’re facing an aging population without the evidence of a younger people coming in to fill the jobs. And the older...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 31, 2008 | 2. Engage, Internet & Social Media, Question Marc?
This question came across one of the listservs I’m on Is there anyone using social networking sites such as Facebook for fundraising in any way? If so, can you provide details and is it successful? I think we all need to be asking this kind of question!...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 21, 2008 | 2. Engage, Odd, Stories
Here’s another story in the growing collection of unassuming people that become noteworthy philanthropists by leaving millions of dollars to charity. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that James Ebbert, the son of a sharecropper, left $10 million to...
