by The Fundraising Coach Contributor | Jan 14, 2020 | Fundraising Secrets
There’s no denying that year-end giving is a powerful force. After all, some reports suggest as much as one-third of all annual giving occurs in December alone! However, once the final numbers are calculated and the year-end campaigns end, what happens then? You’ve...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 6, 2019 | Fundraising Secrets, Personal Leadership
Improving fundraising is a never-ending quest for nonprofit leaders. But recent research shows a startling discovery on how to make your fundraising better. In “The Wake Up Call,” researchers Dr. Adrian Sargeant and Harriet Day researched leadership styles...
by The Fundraising Coach Contributor | Nov 1, 2019 | Fundraising Secrets
The final two months of the year are a vital time for nonprofits to reach their fundraising goals. Not only do these months hold the biggest fundraising day of the year for nonprofits (Giving Tuesday), but this trend of increased giving continues through December...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 22, 2019 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets
Today I was honored to give a webinar with CiviCore on data and impactful stories. I shared one researcher’s experience with stumbling on to a form of a story. Then look at studies about using statistics in fundraising versus not using any statistics. We saw...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 29, 2019 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Secrets
So many fundraising problems can be solved by interacting with donors. Getting to know them. Asking about their interests. Learning their stories. I call it “seeing donors in their natural habitat.” But if you’ve had years and years of only focusing...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 17, 2019 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets
Do you feel it? The airports and highways are filled with last minute vacation seekers. Back to school supplies are flying off shelves. The school buses are doing practice runs. It’s almost the fall. For whatever reason, people seem to “settle in” to...
