Last week I sent an email to Newsletter subscribers asking your opinion about the Fundraising Forum and other features you’d like to see on this site.

Here is the message in case you missed it…

Every week I hear from fundraisers across the United States - and across the world - who are doing great things to help people in many areas of life. I always enjoy hearing these stories and sharing them with Step By Step readers when possible.

I get many questions via email and I certainly don’t mind responding to them. But I got to wondering if there were another way to facilitate an exchange of ideas in a way that everyone would benefit.

So in April of last year I setup an online message board, or forum, where you could register and post questions, comments and ideas.

We’ve had some interesting posts and I do appreciate everyone that has registered and posted a message. But we haven’t had a large volume of activity on the board. (In fact I removed the link from the home page for awhile until I could figure out what the future of the forum would be.)

Is the forum something that you would like to continue to have available for talking about fundraising projects? If yes, how can the forum be improved?

Is there another type of exchange that would be better — such as…

* Ability to write comments on articles on the website (no registration required)
* Yahoo email group
* Coaching group (online or teleseminar)
* Q&A Feature in the newsletter
* Something else?

I really appreciate your honest input as I strive to make Step by Step Fundraising a strong resource for you in your fundraising endeavors.

I was amazed at some of the great ideas that you sent in! I will definitely be incorporating a lot of your ideas in the near future.

Based on your feedback I have decided to:
1. Keep the Forum Active
2. Create a Q&A feature in the Monthly Newsletter
3. An occasional “Readers Say…” Section in the Newsletter

Thanks again for all of your feedback!

If you’d like to send in more comments and suggestions, feel free to post on the forum or send me an email.