by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 2, 2009 | 2. Engage, Donor Evangelists, Internet & Social Media
The latest edition of FundRaising Success Magazine has a terrific article by Bryan Schoell called Get Your Head Out of the Sand. Here’s the begining: People are talking about you online. Ignoring that fact won’t make it go away, so you’d best join in the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 2, 2008 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets, Stories
In Secrets of Closing the Sale, Zig Ziglar says: Each year over 5 million quarter-inch drills are sold, yet it’s safe to say that nobody wants a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole. Isn’t that great? We do that in fundraising too. Donations...
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 | Jul 25, 2006 | 3. Ask, Stories
A few weeks ago, I reported on a a href=”https://fundraisingcoach.com/2006/06/27/whos-telling-your-storywhos-telling-your-story/ “>talk by Andy Goodman on the importance of story. A few days ago, one of you posted this comment to that post: I recently found...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 27, 2006 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Stories
A few months ago, I attended “Meet the Funders” conference hosted by the Maine Philanthropy Center. The highlight for me was the keynote address by Andy Goodman on storytelling. If you ever are able to hear him speak, I highly recommend it! He persuasively...
