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4 Tips to Help You Ask for Advice to Get Money
Last year, The Fundraising Coach (Marc Pittman) wrote a brilliant post on his blog. Here’s a synopsis:
If you ask people for advice, they’ll give you money.
If you ask people for money, they’ll give you advice.
Ask for advice but:
1. Be genuine and sincere; no strings attached
2. Acknowledge that their time is valuable
3. Personalize your request and be specific (ask for advice from the people that can truly help in specific areas)
4. Be conscientious of their time
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Feeling like your job is getting harder because donor expectations have changed and competition for the charitable dollar is growing?
Finding that the old orthodoxies and conventions espoused by so-called experts in online echo-chambers and at conferences don’t work anymore?
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Thanks for helping more people see this, Greg!
My pleasure Marc.
So true…I’ve always tried to ASK for something first, other than a money gift… their advice, a piece of artwork to hang in the lobby, a short amount of time doing something they are good at… it’s called friendship with your donors!
We should call it “friendraising” not fundraising!
Thanks for helping more people see this, Greg!
My pleasure Marc.
So true…I’ve always tried to ASK for something first, other than a money gift… their advice, a piece of artwork to hang in the lobby, a short amount of time doing something they are good at… it’s called friendship with your donors!
We should call it “friendraising” not fundraising!