If Mark Twain was your major-gifts officer (MGO), he might amble into your office, lean his surprisingly slight frame against the doorway (he was just 5 feet 8 inches), brush a fleck of cigar ash from the collar of his rumpled white suit and drawl:
“A round man cannot be expected to fit into a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.”
I don’t like fundraising programs that don’t raise funds and the attitude that it has to be “either/or” when it comes to things like email and direct mail or social media and newsletters. I much prefer “both/and.” So in that spirit, I once again turn to my old friend, Mark Twain, for advice on achieving the best results in our fundraising efforts.
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