Fundraising Seminar in Lewiston, Maine

Today I'll be holding an "Ask Without Fear!" fundraising training in Lewiston, Maine.

It's from 11:00 to 1:15 and open to both Chamber members and non-members.

I'm sure you can pay at the door but since lunch is included with the price please call so they can have enough food.

Call them at (207) 783-2249 to register or find out more about pricing and location at: http://www.androscoggincounty.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1670

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Marc in Kansas AND San Antonio

Training has to be up there on the list of "a few of my favorite things"!

So I'm pleased that I'll be able to share an entire day on April 8th in Phillipsburg, KS with the members of the Kansas Main Street programs for the Kansas Department of Commerce.

We'll be covering:

• Fundraising Basics
  
• Asking Without Fear!
  
• andWho's Telling Your Story?
  

Participants will get everything from a basic fundraising program for the year, to confidence asking for big gifts, to incredibly effective marketing ideas! What a full day!

Then I fly on to San Antonio, TX to share a keynote with the San Antonio Chapter of AFP on April 9!

To register, go to:
http://afpsanantonio.afpnet.org/SA1004Luncheon.aspx

The trainings were a blast. And check out the really cool graphic the Kansas marketing folks created for the training!

SlideShare showcases Successful Fundraising in a Recession

I just learned that SlideShare is currently showcasing my Sucessful Fundraising in a Recession keynote slides in their News & Politics section!

The transcript is still wrong. Most of that is from my fundraising storytelling slides. Weird!

Comments on Successful Fundraising in a Recesssion

A friend let me borrow his Flip video camera on my recent trip to Utah.

Here are some of the comments from people that heard my brand new talk, "Successful Fundraising in a Recession."

Thoughts on Successful Fundraising in a Recession from Marc A. Pitman on Vimeo.

More thoughts on Successful Fundraising in a Recession from Marc A. Pitman on Vimeo.

Even more thoughts on Successful Fundraising in a Recession from Marc A. Pitman on Vimeo.

The slides are available at Successful Fundraising in a Recession on SlideShare.

Fundraising & Marketing Seminar in Utah: May 13 3 p.m.

I'm pleased to announce that while I'm in Salt Lake City for the USFR meeting, I'll also be giving a public seminar on fundraising and nonprofit marketing.

The seminar, called "Who's Telling Your Story?" will be hosted by the Utah Nonprofit Assocation from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13.

For more information, or to register for the seminar, go to the Utah Nonprofit Association Event Calendar.

Speaking at USFR's Annual Meeting

I'm pleased to announce that I have the honor of speaking at the Utah Society of Fund Raisers annual meeting on May 13 in Salt Lake City.

My topic will be "Successful Fund Raising When Most Giving is Going Down."

If you're in the area of Salt Lake City, I believe there's still time to register.

Fundraising Coach in Indiana

I'm pleased to announce I'll be at the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance annual conference in Indianapolis next week. I love this year's theme: "Building Through Change: Inspiring Leadership."

I'll be teaching community foundations how to help their donors become "donor evangelists." There are lots of other terrific sessions. I'm particularly interested in hearing the sessions on nonprofit storytelling!

Call the folks at the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance if you're interested in registering for the conference. My session is first thing on Friday morning.

If you're in the area, I'm having a tweetup at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 24, in the lobby of the Renaissance, Indianapolis North in Carmel with @drthomasho and @AmyStarks. Would love to have you join us!

2 New Fundraising Seminars for 2009

2009 looks like it'll probably be a challenging year. Since many are having their education budgets cut, I've put several tools up on the web. These are packed with incredible content and are conveniently available for you to learn without leaving your office!

1. Who's Telling Your Story? Storytelling is the best way to non-threateningly market your nonprofit, prospect for new donors, and reinfoce your culture with your staff. Some of the things you'll learn about nonprofit storytelling include:
   
   
   
   • a 2500 year old method to structure an effective story that still works today
   
   
   • 5 categories of stories to use to reinforce your organizational culture
   
   
   • Why stories of times you've failed are as important as stories of times you've succeeded
   
   
   • A 3-step tool to help you tell stories in ways that board members, volunteers, and staff will find themselves repeating them - singing from the same sheet
   
   The MP3 is $97. The flash video with the PowerPoint slides is $127. Or you can have both for the same price: $127! To see the full list, check out Who's Telling Your Story? at http://fundraisingcoach.com/storytelling/
   
   
2. Ask Without Fear! EXPANDED! I kept the book intentionally slim so others would feel motivated to get out and ask people for money. But people keep asking me to expand on the book. Now, in 4 1/2 hours of teaching spread out over three webinars, I have the luxury to go into much more detail.
   
   So much is covered, it's impractical to list it all here. So go to Ask Without Fear! EXPANDED fundraising seminar to see the more than 90 items listed!
   
   Each webinar is available for $197 individually. Or you can get all three and a free copy of a workbook to help you put this strategies into practice for only $497. Much cheaper than going to a conference!
   

Be sure to check out all the fundraising seminars and webinars at the Fundraising Coach Store! You can still get great ideas for fundraising, even if your organization doesn't want you traveling to conferences!

Double listing for "Fundraising Seminar" on first page of Google

Last week, I watched a video improving traffic to your site from StomperNet. They gave ideas on how to optimize your site to help people more easily find you in web searches.

Wednesday night, I put these tips in place for my fundraising seminar website. By this morning (Friday), it was on the first page on Google for the the search term "fundraising seminar"!

If you're new to SEO, I'd suggest checking out the many free webinars at Stomper Universe.

As for me, I'm going to be seeing out to get my fundraising seminar page to be one of those two listings! :)

Ask Without Fear! LIVE on 92Moose this morning

It was an honor to be on the 92Moose morning show today. We talked about the Ask Without Fear! LIVE fundraising seminar I'm doing this Saturday in Waterville, ME.

Click here to listen to the 4 minute interview with Jon James (and laughter by Renee Nelson).