by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 6, 2005 | 2. Engage, Book Review
I’m reading Emmanuel Rosen’s “The Anatomy of Buzz.” Very slowly. I’ve got it on my PDA and read it only when I don’t have any other book handy. But it’s well worth reading. Really. Last week, during a 70 minute failed attempt to give blood (they kept...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 22, 2005 | 2. Engage, Book Review, Education Opportunities
I’m sitting in my office finally taking the time to read the Public Agenda Research Reports: The Charitable Impulse. This study interviewed donors and charity leaders to find out each others’ perceptions. Reading the comments of donors versus the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 8, 2005 | 2. Engage
FUNDRAISING BASICS: Get R.E.A.L! Engage! All too often, we’re totally backwards about asking people for money. Asking so fills us with fear that we put off the inevitable as long as possible. But at some point, our organizations goes into a financial crisis, and...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 11, 2003 | 2. Engage, Stories
Welcome back to the Extreme Fundraising Ezine! And welcome to our new subscribers! It was wonderful getting to meet so many of you at APC’s East Coast Fall Conference at Friends Select School in Philadelphia! What an incredible time! I always find that to be one of...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 29, 2003 | 2. Engage, Education Opportunities, Stories
Greetings and welcome back to the Extreme Fundraising Ezine! In our last issue, we gave an overview of the Pareto Principle. In last week’s teleclass, we looked at Vilfred Pareto in depth and explored how his 80:20 observation could be applied to various aspects of...