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Conscious Consumption – All About Value

Here are two exceptional articles exploring how commercial advertisers are responding to the challenging task of selling during a severe economic downturn. As they see it, given today’s consumer psychology, every offer must emphasize — in a word — value. From the LA Times: "’We’re moving toward an era of conscious consumption — just because […]

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New Agitator Paper: Giving Across Generations

Today The Agitator releases the first in its new series of DonorTrends White Papers. These papers are available to subscribers to The Agitator’s new Premium service. The first paper is titled Giving Across Generations: Issues That Appeal. It examines the levels and focus of charitable giving of three segments of US donors: Seniors – born […]

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AGITATOR WEEKEND: Fundraising Vital Signs

The Agitator’s Week In Review.   This week brought an end to the seemingly never-ending presidential campaigns marked by highs and lows, necessary and unnecessary divisions, indelible characters and high drama.   But in the end, grassroots engagement, and fundraising ‘firsts’ made possible by the brilliant use of technology-backed-by-philosophy combined to yield a record-shattering turnout that contributed […]

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Fundraising Vital Signs 1 – Responses

Last week, with our “Vital Signs – 1” survey, we asked readers of The Agitator to share their prognostications regarding the fundraising outlook for the balance of 2008.We received 126 completed surveys, and 55 individual fundraisers offered to join a panel to report further assessments as the year plays out. Three-of-four respondents work in a […]

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What a Difference Four Decades Make!

Roger’s piece yesterday on Obama’s historic victory got me reminiscing about my own formative political experience, which happens to date to 1968, when the Vietnam war and racial tensions were the driving, divisive factors in the presidential election.So, if you’ll indulge me a bit … before we resume our routine coverage of fundraising!In that year, […]

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The Morning After

Yesterday morning as I stood in the autumn sunshine of our little New England town of Chilmark, Massachusetts waiting to vote I couldn’t help but marvel at how far we as a nation have come on fundamental issues like race and how long it’s taken us to get here. It’s now been 40 years since the […]

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