by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 7, 2008 | 2. Engage, Odd, Stories
Just read this in the daily update from the Chronicle of Philanthropy: Large Bequest Surprises Diabetes Charity An 86-year-old Annapolis woman who died in a house fire last March shocked a diabetes group by bequeathing it the largest donation in the organization’s...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 5, 2008 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets
In the spirit of my Fundraising Secret #11: Don’t be a Ned, I offer this from YouTube.
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 29, 2008 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, Fundraising Secrets
With Ground Hog Day right around the corner here in the US, I thought we’d learn Fundraising Secret #11 from the perspective of the classic movie Ground Hog Day: Fundraising Secret #11: Don’t be a Ned Does this sound like your fundraising efforts? Ned:...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 31, 2007 | 2. Engage
Nancy Schwartz at the Getting Attention Blog has a terrific post about the .media habits of people aged 12-24 and 25-50. Check read through the summary and see if it can help your fundraising and the way you interact with your donors and pre-donors. I bet alumni...
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...
