by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 25, 2008 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Letters, Fundraising Secrets
Reading Stephen Hitchcock’s Open Immediately: Straight Talk on Direct Mail Fundraising, I’ve been reminded of one of the great truths of fundraising, one I’m calling Fundraising Secret #15: people give to people. This is one of the reasons...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 21, 2008 | 2. Engage, Fundraising Secrets
I’m not an “events” person but they do seem a necessary evil in our field. And to be fair, they do have lots of other benefits: visibility, engaging volunteers, etc. So when I saw that this month’s Giving Carnival topic was “Tips For...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 26, 2008 | Fundraising Secrets
I just had the privilege of speaking at the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes’ annual meeting. What a fun group of people! As a pastor, it was a blast to speak with people who’s job is to help people in their parish grow in giving. These people were...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 24, 2008 | Fundraising Secrets
I’ve been very “aware” of my blog reading habits since Fundraising Secret #10: Read Blogs. And I realized I’d signed up for too many. So many people are writing so many good things. But I don’t need to read them all. I just went through...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 12, 2008 | 2. Engage, Fundraising Secrets, Odd
Check out this Reuters story : Frugal librarian amassed $8 million art trove. With a The Millionaire Next Door feel, librarian Jean Preston ate frozen meals and took the bus. But she’d collected art work worth more around $8 million. The lesson I get from this?...
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.
