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...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 11, 2014 | 3. Ask
More and more of people coming to me for coaching seem to think that fundraising can be done 100% online. They want help setting up a website and getting on social media. It’s as though there must be a great pool of donors just waiting to give and putting up a...
