by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 14, 2010 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, Board Members, Fundraising Secrets
As a fundraising professional, you should be getting fundraising and leadership training annually. But I’ve heard that the average development professional stays in their position for 18 months. Since the downturn of 2008 that might be a little longer. In any...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 10, 2010 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Secrets, Question Marc?
Lately I’ve been getting lots of questions about how individuals can fundraise for walkathon events and many other -athons: bike-a-thons, bowl-a-thons, etc. So I wrote down some of the basic advice I was giving. When I finished, it was a 5-page article!! Rather...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 26, 2010 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Book Review, Objections, Stories
I’m surprised by how many nonprofit professionals see “marketing” as a bad word, a practice that is somehow beneath them. If that’s your attitude, a new book called Guerrilla Marketing for Nonprofits will help you move beyond that and become...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 24, 2010 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship)
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Ask Without Fear! was listed on Amazon.com two years ago. Last week I asked for suggestions about songs that dealt with Research. Some of the answers were: “The Gambler” Kenny Rogers “Private Eyes are Watching...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 22, 2009 | 1. Research, Samples & Tools
Like so many others in the past few days, I read a great blog post on what twitter lists can say about your personal brand by Jay Baer. He points out that Twitter lists give a unique insight in to what people think of you. As he says, these words they use help tell...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 6, 2009 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, Fundraising Secrets, Internet & Social Media
This past week, I’ve been privileged to be on a couple panels introducing nonprofit organizations to social media tools like Twitter, Facebook, and Linked in. While I love these tools, I was quick to express that: They don’t replace all the good...
