by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 10, 2017 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship)
Whether your fiscal year starts now or is only part of the way through, January is a good time to evaluate your fundraising progress. To help you’re planning, here’s an email I sent our Fundraising Kick subscribers yesterday. Good morning, Kickers!...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 14, 2016 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Letters, Video
Fall fundraising is hard enough. But listening to NPR’s All Things Considered on my ride home this evening, I remembered how much more challenging political mailing will make your fundraising this fall. So I pulled to the side of the rode to record this...
by Marc A. Pitman | Oct 19, 2015 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Letters, Fundraising Myths, Fundraising Secrets
This morning, I read a great post by Terry St. Marie called “The Critical First Step For Great Leadership: The Journey From ‘I’ to ‘We’.” His movement from ego-centricity to inclusiveness is something as critical in fundraising as...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 29, 2015 | 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Letters
I like reading obscure things: prefaces to books, notes on receipts, credits after movies. So it’s no surprise that I read the marketing message on the new bag of East African coffee my wife bought for us to try. What I read on this coffee bag blew me away...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 25, 2014
21 Ways for Board Members to Engage with Their Nonprofit’s Fundraising Boards members are often recruited to a board despite having no idea how to fundraise. And their nonprofit’s staff are often so busy doing good, they don’t realize the board members aren’t clear on...
