by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 20, 2005 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship)
All fall, we’ve been working through the basics of asking people for money with the simple four-step formula: R.E.A.L. Research, Engage, Ask, and Love ’m. I love asking people for money! I hope that outlining a simple process like this will help get other people as...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 11, 2005 | 1. Research
I. FUNDRAISING BASICS: Get R.E.A.L.! Peer Reviews & The CPI Index In our last edition, we were discussing some different ways to do the “research” step of the Get R.E.A.L.! Process (Research, Engage, Ask, Live/Like/Love). Now, let’s look at two...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 27, 2005 | 1. Research
I. FUNDRAISING BASICS: Get R.E.A.L.! Research II. RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT: Blackbaud’s Conference on Philanthropy I. FUNDRAISING BASICS: Get R.E.A.L.! I love asking people for money! I like to think of the fundraiser as holding an electrical cord (the donor’s...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 19, 2004 | 1. Research, Fundraising Myths
Regular readers of Extreme Fundraising will know that we’ve invested most of the year in exploring how our innate talents and abilities affect the way we ask people for money. I’m encouraged that many of you have experienced “ah-ha” moments as you’ve begun to...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 15, 2003 | 1. Research, Samples & Tools
“The Pareto Principle and the Fundraiser” Greetings and “welcome!” to our new subscribers! I’m committed to bringing you the coolest (although hopefully not merely “faddish”) ideas that you can immediately put into practice. We all have lots of competing priorities....
