Comments on: Drowning in Agendas http://www.asmallchange.net/drowning-in-agendas/ Making sense of fundraising for non-profits. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: What We’re Reading, Week of 10/26 « i On Nonprofits http://www.asmallchange.net/drowning-in-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-57475 What We’re Reading, Week of 10/26 « i On Nonprofits Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:06:36 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=722#comment-57475 [...] We’re Reading, Week of 10/26 From A Small Change… Drowning in Agendas A great post from Jason at A Small Change that we can all relate to. He discusses the need to [...] [...] We’re Reading, Week of 10/26 From A Small Change… Drowning in Agendas A great post from Jason at A Small Change that we can all relate to. He discusses the need to [...]

]]> By: Alan Jordan http://www.asmallchange.net/drowning-in-agendas/comment-page-1/#comment-56607 Alan Jordan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:06:30 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=722#comment-56607 Yes, getting the members to set an agenda is valuable because it creates member buy in. What's also interesting is to challenge them to come up with an idea that will be of interest to everyone, and to bring it up during a special part of a meeting. For example, someone might bring up the concept of leveraged fund raising--where members tell others about a way to raise funds, and don't dig into their pockets. ( See http://www.Max-Opp.org or this Facebook page http://www.EnjoyableFundRaising.org) It's pretty cool when you can sell a digital download for $1.99 and make $1 out of it. Yes, getting the members to set an agenda is valuable because it creates member buy in. What’s also interesting is to challenge them to come up with an idea that will be of interest to everyone, and to bring it up during a special part of a meeting. For example, someone might bring up the concept of leveraged fund raising–where members tell others about a way to raise funds, and don’t dig into their pockets. ( See http://www.Max-Opp.org or this Facebook page http://www.EnjoyableFundRaising.org)

It’s pretty cool when you can sell a digital download for $1.99 and make $1 out of it.

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