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[Guest Post] The Diagram of Ethical Storytelling Excellence

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Marc A. PitmanMarch 21, 2023

Today’s guest post on ethical nonprofit storytelling is from Caliopy Glaros. Caliopy is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Philanthropy Without Borders, a firm with expertise in ethical storytelling, donor engagement, and strategic planning. This article was originally published on her blog. You can learn more in her training in The Nonprofit Academy called “Ethical […]

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Nonprofits are NOT self-reliant

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Marc A. PitmanFebruary 8, 2023

One of the biggest red-herrings I see nonprofit boards pursue is a pipe dream of “self sufficiency” for their nonprofit. Rather than pursuing their mission, the board directs the executive director to look at selling things and renting things in a quixotic attempt to be financially independent. It’s as though they see fundraising as a […]

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CEO’s – are you leading your nonprofit? In fundraising?

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Marc A. PitmanJanuary 22, 2023

As the CEO, the leader of your nonprofit, how much time are you really giving to fundraising? As the top leaders, the organization will follow your lead. You should be involving all your direct reports in some aspect of fundraising. And an easy way to do that is if they see that fundraising is important […]

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Don’t build your fundraising on rented land like AmazonSmile

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Marc A. PitmanJanuary 19, 2023

Did you see the news about AmazonSmile? After 10 years, they’ve decided it doesn’t work for them. So they’re stopping the program on February 20, 2023 and they’re going a different way. Did you share “AmazonSmile” links with your donors? Did you include “Amazon Smile” links in your nonprofit emails and on your nonprofit’s website? […]

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It’s weird to ask for money in January, isn’t it?

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Marc A. PitmanJanuary 17, 2023

January can be a hard month to make fundraising calls in. As the leader of a nonprofit, you are acutely aware of all the work that went into your organization’s fundraising last month. So it can feel “too soon” to get back to asking. It’s not to soon. All of your work last month was […]

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Surprises for New Nonprofit Leaders

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Marc A. PitmanDecember 13, 2022

At a recent “Exactly What To SayTM for Nonprofit Leaders” session at the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, I asked attendees: When you took on a new leadership position, what surprised you most? While there were responses like “the great impact I get to make” and “how much I loved it,” the majority of the responses were […]

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What do we do now?

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Marc A. PitmanDecember 1, 2022

You’ve made it. It’s after GivingTuesday. Your year-end fundraising letters are written, edited, and stuffed. Your year-end fundraising emails are scheduled. Your fundraising systems are in motion. Now what do you do? This is supposed to be the biggest month of the giving year, isn’t it? 2 Things To Do When All Other Fundraising Is […]

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Pleasant Persistence (it’s boring but effective)

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Marc A. PitmanOctober 18, 2022

One of the hard truths about fundraising is that: fundraising isn’t always fun. Good fundraising is tedious, meticulous, regular, pleasant persistence. (Even when you don’t feel like being pleasant.) If you’re not getting the results you want, look at your own activity. For example, if “no one” is getting back to you, are you really […]

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3 Tips for Fundraising in a Recession

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Marc A. PitmanOctober 5, 2022

One of the interesting things of being an active blog for twenty years is you get to cover things like fundraising in a recession. Multiple times. A quick search shows blog posts on recession proof fundraising going back at least 14 years. Including “10 Tips for Fundraising in a Recession.” The experts seem to be […]

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