Ask for advice

From Marc Pitman's blog - excellent advice on building donor relationships. 

From/Thanks to Marc Warner on his blog - market smart. He has good daily reminders.

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How to effectively ask for advice

September 24, 2013 by Marc Pitman 4 Comments

Last week, I was at a meeting and heard a board member say:

"Ask a man for advice, and he'll give you money. Ask a man for money, and he'll give you advice.

Isn't that the truth? Think about the times you as a board member or nonprofit employee told someone you were asking for money. How often does that person think they're helping by giving you ideas for raising money instead of making a donation? "Oh, you should try a bottle drive." or "You know, what if you opened juice stores?" or "I bet if you sold these [fill in the blank of their product] we could raise some money for you."

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