by Kirsten M Bullock | Feb 22, 2013 | Fundraising
It's easy in our communications to make the assumption that other people have the full body of knowledge that we do. That they process information the same, use the same definitions of words that we do and pronounce words the same as we do. If you've been reading my...
by Kirsten M Bullock | Feb 16, 2013 | Fundraising
by Kirsten Bullock Harold J Seymour, noted fundraising pioneer, said: “The case statement is the definitive piece of the whole campaign. It tells all that needs to be told, answers all the important questions, reviews the arguments for support, explains the proposed...
by Kirsten M Bullock | Feb 8, 2013 | Fundraising
Once upon a time there was a program that had three staff people who worked with children. The staff people used the phone, a room in a building and a few office supplies. The lives of the children were better for it and we need money to pay for our staff, phone and...
by Kirsten M Bullock | Feb 1, 2013 | Fundraising
I remember thinking, ‘why don’t they care?’ as I was working towards my social work degree. My classmates would come back from their internships and share about people living in poverty, in houses with gaping holes in the roof, ceiling and floor. Learning tips from...
by Kirsten M Bullock | Jan 25, 2013 | Fundraising
by Kirsten Bullock Image available from PRNewswire In each of our industries, we have the tendency to create our own lingo. It's not intentional - it just takes too long to try to explain what we mean, so we come up with shorthand speak. Unfortunately, when others...