What's the point in having a blog if you don't write in it? Silly bear, it's time for me to add some words to the page. The catharsis of writing begins to flow. The most exciting event of late is at work. It happened yesterday afternoon, mid-mail opening. As a novice fundraiser learning the tricks and trades of asking for money and building relationships, my confidence in my ability to perform this salesman-seeming role is not astonishingly high. But that's okay since my fundraising activities, though vital, produce the smallest amount of moolah out of all fundraising methods employed in our little foundation. However, it has the largest numbers, with the bulk of our donors being communicated with through my channels. I manage the direct mail campaigns, the website, and basic donor communication (surveys, results reporting, etc.). We have two fundraising campaigns per year--season tickets (I came just at the end of the 2010 season ticket campaign) and End of Financial Y...
