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Events Are Good—except when they’re not
I’m often seen as a person who takes a dim view of the use of events in fundraising—and I am. But I’m not. My difficulty with fundraising events arises not from events themselves, but rather with the...
View ArticleIt’s Official—it’s ridiculous
Seth Godin, in the recent Gala Economics posting on his blog, stated directly and unabashedly that fundraising galas, auctions and other transactional fundraising vehicles are a “ridiculous way. . .to...
View ArticleHear, See and Touch–yes touch
Far too often, we rarely give our donors more than a momentary thought—as in when we are waiting for the results of the last mailing to see how much it “brings in.” It’s not necessarily that we’re...
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