A Blast From the Past: A Fundraiser’s Nightmare (August 2009)

FundRaising Success published its first issue in November 2003, which makes this our 10-year anniversary year. To celebrate, we'll be taking a look back at past issues throughout the year.

Today's blast from the past is an Editor's Note where I confessed to having been a fundraiser's nightmare in that my giving was erratic and seemingly not related to any organization's strategies. In response, I got an e-mail that excoriated me for my sometimes willy-nilly approach to giving. The writer said I made a mockery of the donation process and did a disservice both to donors and to the people who dedicate their lives' work to fundraising. She also called for my immediate dismissal. So below are links to both the original column and my response to the e-mail (in a subsequent column).