by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 31, 2011 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Guest Posts
This is the second part of a three part series on the executive director’s role with a development database. The first part included Excel is not a database by Sandy Wilder In Part 1 of our series, we addressed the first of our issues regarding Excel vs. the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 30, 2011 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Guest Posts
Today, I’m super excited to introduce, Sandy Wilder. Sandy is a database whiz and the BEST Raisers’ Edge trainer I’ve ever learned from. I’ve been bugging her for her thoughts on the ED’s role with a fundraising database. A version of...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 29, 2011 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship)
Last week I heard Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” for the first time. The song is basically a few lines of lyrics repeated over and over. And it topped the charts in popularity. Listening to Katy Perry got me thinking about fundraising. Her song...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 4, 2011 | 4. Love (Stewardship), Events
I love going to Disney World in Florida. Disney has celebrations worked out to a science. Looking at this t-shirt today, I realized three things Disney’s taught me about celebrations and special events: Find excuses to celebrate Disney seems to celebrate...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 3, 2011 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship)
I just had another talk with a fundraising director who was getting micro-managed by a nonprofit ED. She was out visiting sponsors for an event and getting emails questioning whether being out of the office was the best use of her time. This happens all the time. Even...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 1, 2011 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship)
I grew up with a mother working on her Masters in family counseling. So as kids, my sister and I got to read a lot of her homework. Seriously. She’d photocopy articles or chapters in books and have all of us read it. I know. I grew up in a weird house. But it...
