by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 23, 2006 | 3. Ask, Samples & Tools, Stories
In my decade or so of doing fundraising, I don’t ever remember having a community member tell me they really liked a fundraising letter I sent them. This summer it happened! Someone at the gym I go to told me how much they enjoyed the letter they’d just...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 18, 2005 | Fundraising Letters, Fundraising Myths
At a recent board meeting of one of my clients, we stumbled upon a perfect opportunity to make a planned giving ask of one of their constituents. The person had been involved with the organization for years. The ask would help endow an annual scholarship that was...