by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 25, 2007 | 2. Engage
The Chronicle on Philanthropy had a brief article this week about the growing practice of paying volunteers: Retired People Demand Pay for Volunteering at Charities. Huh? If you pay…doesn’t that make them employees? I thought the lack of pay was the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 24, 2007 | 2. Engage
Ellen Goodman has a great editorial on the Al Gore Population. Here’s a brief part of the editorial: As a country, we are at the beginning of an enormous transition. Under the old compact, sixtysomethings were supposed to get out of the way and out of work. They...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 16, 2007 | 2. Engage
This was in our internal “daily” here at Inland Hospital. What a great reminder! FISH! Make Their Day The Pike Place Fish guys make a difference for everyone around them. They “make their day’ by having fun and inviting others to join in. It’s hard for...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 11, 2007 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Secrets
[Warning: rant in progress] Hang around me for any length of time and you’ll hear me rant about the awful tendency of those of us in nonprofits of getting entitled. Sit in the back office of just about any nonprofit, and you’ll here people slip into talk...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 24, 2007 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask
Every once in a while you come a cross a blog post that takes your breath away. Fundraising from older people, ie, fundraising by Jeff Brooks is one of those. He quotes Mark Rovner as saying “Boomers and Xers have different worldviews, cultural touchstones, and...
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...
