Still smarting about the rejection notices but I'll console myself with the fact that most successful authors suffer these things at the hands of those who don't or can't understand the gold dust that they are rejecting.
Talking with a major gift fundraiser about the recession and have to agree that when your portfolio has gone from £100m to £60m you feel (relatively) poor. All the indications are that supporters are continuing to give at previous levels but it's very hard and takes much longer to get prospects to the point of solicitation. Where charities can defer asks, they probably should as asking too soon invariably results in a much smaller gift. That was, I recall exactly the probably we had back in 1992 with a large capital campaign and pressure to get the cash in.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Perhaps being well informed just makes you grumpy. What do you think???
Thanks for your helpful suggestion. For someone starting out, in the USA I'm sure the site is useful. However as this site is all about Grumpy Old Fundraisers who know stuff, we've already been there and got the tee shirt! Hope you enjoy the comments however
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