This is something I thought I’d share…what can we do in our communities?
Nonprofit Fundraising in a Bad Economy by David Teten at thevirtualhandshake.com/blog
I had lunch yesterday with the founder and CEO of a successful, technology-savvy nonprofit. Unsurprisingly, he was very concerned about reaching his fundraising goals for 2009 (and thereafter). We brainstormed about ways that some of the concepts in The Virtual Handshake could be used to help in his situation.
One of his challenges is that donors need a trigger event to give money. Historically, a trigger event might be an entrepreneur who sold his company and received a large payout, or a Wall Street executive who received a large annual bonus. However, in this economic environment, what are trigger events?
Read more here http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog 3/29/09
