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The Chronicle of Philanthropy is reporting that Sen. Grassley is continuing his push to increase regulations on nonprofit hospitals. I work in one and didn’t think the regulation could get any tighter–...

The Washington Post did a great story on the Pentagon memorial called From Families’ Grief, a Symbol of Loss and Hope. This is a must read for fundraisers. It talks about how Jim Laychak worked through ...

My blog post What really bugs your donors? has gotten a lot of traffic. I’ve received over 100 responses between the question on LinkedIn, the comments on the blog, and emails sent directly to me! I’ve ...

Could I ask you a big Friday favor? Would you help me get Ask Without Fear! into Starbucks stores? My local baristas strongly encouraged me to try to get Ask Without Fear! into Starbucks in conjunction with the ...

I’m really excited to be offering a full day of “Ask Without Fear!” training here in Waterville, ME on Saturday, September 13. Why Saturday? Board members and volunteers asked me to do it when ...

Fundraising can be a grueling occupation. Strategizing, planning, writing, dreaming, asking. Facing rejection day after day. Having people raise the goal year after year. As much as I love it, fundraising can wear ...

Today was my first Borders book signing. Honestly, I don’t “get” the idea behind a booksigning. I’m still not, but I did sell 18 copies Ask Without Fear!, despite the amazingly dry, sunny ...

As you all know, I’m a big believer in actually asking donors what they think rather than trying to read their mind. So yesterday I posted this question on LinkedIn.com: As a donor to charity, what do we ...

The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Prospecting blog has an interesting post about a new planned giving tool. Apparently, it’s a CD that donors can play to see the benefits of making a planned gifts and a ...

I just saw a very interest ad by the Ad Council. It was about the things that “almost” happened because people “almost” gave! Check out the ads at: Don’t Almost Give. It reminds me ...

Last night, I held a free Ask Without Fear! fundraising seminar to a standing room only crowd at the local library. It’s always a rush to speak to a standing room only group. And these were mainly “...

Anyone that’s attended any of my fundraising seminars knows I’m a big fan of storytelling. The NY Times offers a great article called 5 Tips for Telling Better Stories. In short, they are: Keep it ...

The Waterville Public Library is hosting "Ask Without Fear!: An Evening with fundraiser and author Marc A. Pitman" on Tuesday, August 12. The free 60-minute Ask Without Fear! seminar will start at 5:30 p.m....

From time to time, I get calls by people that equate “fundraising” with “selling stuff.” John emailed me recently and gave me permission to post our email dialogue. Here’s the first ...

Uber web 2.0 guru, Chris Brogan listed 50 social networking/web 2.0 sites at 50 Online Applications and Sites to Consider. How many are you using? More importantly: how many are your donors using? It’s ...

On a whim, I decided to go through the process of buying my own Ask Without Fear! fundraising ebook from a new listing I’d posted on Craigslist. Oy. What an experience. First, I found out I couldn’t ...

I’ve been “on” Technorati since 2005, but I haven’t done anything with it. If you find the information on this blog helpful, would you click here to favorite it in Technorati? Thanks in ...

Anne Jackson just posted some great Twitter Tips. While I don’t only follow Twitter on the web like @flowerdust (Anne’s Twitter name), I loved her tip on tracking tweets. I also really liked this tweet...

As much a proponent as I am of face-to-face asking, much of my work involves writing letters for our direct mail program. Being a small office (one person), we don’t have professional copywriters built into ...

I just got back from a talk about the changing labor force in Maine. It’s a very complex and challenging picture. The short form is that we’re facing an aging population without the evidence of a ...

This question came across one of the listservs I’m on Is there anyone using social networking sites such as Facebook for fundraising in any way? If so, can you provide details and is it successful? I think we...