by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 17, 2008 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
Brian Solis wrote an amazing post today listing loads of Twitter tools for building community. In his post, he gives a description and links to each of these tools: twubble GroupTweet twitt(url)y TwitLinks TweetDeck Gridjit Tweet Later Twist Twerp Scan Summize Twemes...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 23, 2008 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Secrets
One of the biggest jobs in we in development have is being “keepers of the lore.” So often our organizations are so focused on the present–being the best they can at their mission–and the future–strategizing where they’re going and...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 16, 2008 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Donor Evangelists
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is reporting that Sen. Grassley is continuing his push to increase regulations on nonprofit hospitals. I work in one and didn’t think the regulation could get any tighter–especially for small community hospitals with a large...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 10, 2008 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Secrets
My blog post What really bugs your donors? has gotten a lot of traffic. I’ve received over 100 responses between the question on LinkedIn, the comments on the blog, and emails sent directly to me! I’ve been amazed at how relieved people are that someone...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 21, 2008 | 4. Love (Stewardship)
As you all know, I’m a big believer in actually asking donors what they think rather than trying to read their mind. So yesterday I posted this question on LinkedIn.com: As a donor to charity, what do we nonprofits do that REALLY annoys the tar out of you? What...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 13, 2008 | 4. Love (Stewardship), Ask Without Fear! products
Last night, I held a free Ask Without Fear! fundraising seminar to a standing room only crowd at the local library. It’s always a rush to speak to a standing room only group. And these were mainly “normal people”–board members and volunteers. I...
