No One Is 'Off the Hook' From Fundraising
These are more effective if you know what the donor values. You’ll soon grow to enjoy showing your donor how her giving connects directly with something she is passionate about!
Remember your board members
As Jay Love, co-founder and CEO of Bloomerang, reminds us in a recent blog post, the vast majority of the board’s interactions are with you. Since board members are both volunteers and donors, you should include them on the list of fundraising relationships you’re going to grow. Being this intentional with board members is a discipline. Often CEOs get used to interacting with board members in other areas of governance or advising. But it’s important to bring fundraising into the picture. It may be as simple as pointing out to them that whatever you’re talking about is possible, in part, because they made gifts this year. Or it could be writing them handwritten thank-you notes when you see their names on a donor list. Small things really do add up.
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Concord Leadership Group founder Marc A. Pitman, CSP, helps leaders lead their teams with more effectiveness and less stress. Whether it’s through one-on-one coaching of executives, conducting high-engagement trainings or growing leaders through his ICF-accredited coach certification program, his clients grow in stability and effectiveness.
He is the author of "The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be" He’s also the author of "Ask Without Fear!"— which has been translated into Dutch, Polish, Spanish and Mandarin. A FranklinCovey-certified coach and Exactly What To Say Certified Guide, Marc’s expertise and enthusiasm engages audiences around the world both in person and with online presentations.
He is the husband to his best friend and the father of three amazing kids. And if you drive by him on the road, he’ll be singing '80s tunes loud enough to embarrass his family!
