by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 19, 2009 | Events, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools, Specials
What happens when techie people decide to express their gratitude during Thanksgiving? TweetsGiving of course! Will you join me in tweeting your gratitude? You can find out all about it at: http://tweetsgiving.org/. Be sure to click on the “join us” link....
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 23, 2009 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Events, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
Have you heard about Twestival? In one day last February, people all over the globe used Twitter to organize fundraising events that raised $250,000 for charity:water. Well it’s back! This time it’s Twestival Local. Hundreds of teams around the world will...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 28, 2009 | 2. Engage, Events, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
This is the time of year when all the nonprofit geeks gather at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference and when the rest of us who feel techincally savvy realize we’re probably just geek-wannabes. 🙂 Even if you not in San Francisco, it’s very easy to...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 16, 2009 | 3. Ask, Events
@Philanthropy pointed me to a humor piece in the New Yorker called Looking Forward to Your Check. The invitation to a fictitious fundraising event starts out with: The Benefit Committee wishes to remind all Subscribers that the thrill for those pledging as much money...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 6, 2008 | Ask Without Fear! products, Events
I’m pleased to announce the Ask Without Fear! Radio Show is starting today! This radio show will be hosted through BlogTalkRadio.com at 11 a.m. (I chose 11 a.m. because it’ll be the start of the day for our West Coast colleagues and the end of the day for...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 12, 2006 | Events
The end of the year is rapidly approaching, so I thought I’d keep this issue of Extreme Fundraising light-hearted. Read this posting from Amy Kincaid and her Fundraising Breakthroughs blog gave me the fodder for this riff. This was posted on her blog: Quotable...
