http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/02/a-poet-laureate-for-missouri/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:39:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/02/a-poet-laureate-for-missouri/#comment-14883 Vicki Baker Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:44:22 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1741#comment-14883 Mark, bravo for you. Simply asking people for money is the most efficient way to raise funds for any cause. Speaking of books, a great one about grassroots fundraising is Kim Klein's "Fundraising for Social Change." I know you said you are re-doing the web site, but maybe in the meantime maybe you could have a button for donations on the home page? It could just be a link to a printable form for folks to mail a check for the time being. There are also some online donation services that do all the credit card gateway processing for you, networkforgood.org/npo used to be a good one but I see they have gone to a monthly fee structure. Still, you could sign up for the 60 day trial and that might get you started with the poet laureate project. Mark, bravo for you. Simply asking people for money is the most efficient way to raise funds for any cause. Speaking of books, a great one about grassroots fundraising is Kim Klein’s “Fundraising for Social Change.”
I know you said you are re-doing the web site, but maybe in the meantime maybe you could have a button for donations on the home page? It could just be a link to a printable form for folks to mail a check for the time being. There are also some online donation services that do all the credit card gateway processing for you, networkforgood.org/npo used to be a good one but I see they have gone to a monthly fee structure. Still, you could sign up for the 60 day trial and that might get you started with the poet laureate project.

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