In addition to blogging here at The Philanthropic Family, I’m also a regular guest blogger at a site called Just Means, “News, Jobs and Networks for people who create change.”
My latest post there is the flip side of my recent post here, “Top 10 Ways to be Charitable When Money is Tight.” An excerpt appears below but you can read the whole thing here:
“The donors I interact with every day are starting to see themselves as more than just check-writers. They recognize a much wider array of resources at their disposal: their business knowledge, their personal and business contacts, their intuition and risk-taking, their reputation, their creativity, their ability to get things done….
“You see this trend expressed in the growing fair trade movement. The same ideals that inform your philanthropy inform your consumer habits, your lifestyle. Philanthropy becomes less about the checks your write to charity and more about the farmer’s market, the slow food restaurants, the support of local merchants over national chains.
“What does this mean for you, the company or nonprofit trying to catch the attention of the activist philanthropist? It means you have to engage the full self. It means you have to go beyond asking for money and ask for help. Ask for connections, ask for suggestions, provide concrete actions that your supporters can take.”
Tags: charity, donors, fundraising, philanthropy, social media
October 20, 2008 at 1:57 pm |
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