by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 22, 2011 | Education Opportunities, Internet & Social Media
I’ve just finished my final polish on my slides for the three talks I’m doing this week. I’m so excited! These are going to be great trainings! The LinkedBook? Wednesday, I’m giving 3-hour training on how to effectively use social media for...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 16, 2011 | Events
Last month I had the privilege of interviewing some Twestival organizers, Stéphanie Montreuil @fleur_de_lotus of the Ottawa team and Chris Penbernthy @chrispenberthy on the Plymouth team. I love how both of these organizers are going about creatively helping charities...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 12, 2011 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Events, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
I’m pleased to be providing fundraising coaching for Twestival organizers around the world. Here are some tips the team has developed over the last couple years. I’ve updated them this year and made sure they fit in 140 characters! 🙂 Hopefully these will...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 12, 2011 | 3. Ask, Samples & Tools
I just saw a post on Mashable about how the Red Cross is helping get the word out about fundraising. With a little snippet of code, you can have a thin red bar on the top of your website or blog to help raise money for the earthquake victims in Japan. You can see a...
by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 2, 2011 | 2. Engage, Internet & Social Media, Samples & Tools
Last week, I tried giving my “Ask Without Fear!” Facebook page fans a special offer. Since they were already fans, I simply “updated fans” with the content of the special offer. That didn’t work. I’m so glad I tweeted and updated my...