Building a Culture of Philanthropy
What are some ways you can begin to lead?
1. Ask a program staff member his or her advice on an appeal letter. People love it when you ask their advice, and it's a lesson in the importance of story gathering. Please note that I didn't advise you to necessarily take their advice.
2. When you receive special "thank-yous" from clients, copy them and send them on to board members.
Pamela Grow is the publisher of The Grow Report, the author of Simple Development Systems and the founder of Simple Development Systems: The Membership Program and Basics & More fundraising fundamentals e-courses. She has been helping small nonprofits raise dramatically more money for over 15 years, and was named one of the 50 Most Influential Fundraisers by Civil Society magazine, and one of the 40 Most Effective Fundraising Consultants by The Michael Chatman Giving Show.
