Do you remember Jean Preston, the unassuming librarian who’d amassed an $8 million estate? Or Helene Whitlock Alley, the $100 donor that bequethed $7.3 million to a diabetes group. Well here’s another entry in the never underestimate anyone category: Richard Walters. Perhaps you’ve heard his name on NPR: “Support for NPR comes from the estate [...]
Entries from September 2009
Homeless man leaves $4 million estate
September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: 2. Engage · 3. Ask · Odd · Samples & Tools · fundraising secrets
Fundraising Secret #42: You'll need to change your schedule
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments
In Fundraising Secret #41, I encouraged you to go rounding on your donors. Since then, I’ve been reminded how much time this takes! It’s not just the visit time, that time is wonderful. But it’s time to set up the visits and then, more importantly, the time to record the visit in a database and [...]
Twitter 101: What's the deal with hashtags (and why should I care?)
September 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
All week, I’ve been sharing the answers I’ve been giving to questions I’ve been getting on how to effectively use Twitter. The first two were on what I use to tweet and how to find interesting people to follow. Today is the final installment: What are hashtags? (And why should I care?) What are “hashtags”? [...]
Tags: 1. Research · 2. Engage · Samples & Tools
Twitter 101: Finding Interesting People to Follow
September 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
On Monday, I started the first of three posts I’m calling Twitter 101. That post focuses on programs I use to tweet. Today, I’ll answer the second question I’ve been getting: How do I find people to follow on Twitter? How do I find people to follow on Twitter? Following interesting people is the key [...]
Tags: 2. Engage · Samples & Tools