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Fundraisers Abandon Ship

This post first appeared on August 19, 2019 Not only is the nonprofit sector doing a lousy job holding on to donors, we’re apparently equally awful when it comes to retaining nonprofit fundraisers. In a recent survey conducted by The Harris Poll for The Chronicle of Philanthropyand AFP, using a self-selected sample of American and […]

Learn More December 30, 2019

REPEAT: Thanks, But No Thanks-Part 2

Thanks to everyone involved in the robust discussion here and on social media about the study of thank you calling on subsequent giving Kiki and Roger discussed Monday. In particular, discussion from Penelope Burk and other minds in fundraising have centered on who calls, when they call, and what is said. I’ll have a brief […]

Learn More December 28, 2019

Thank You: 2019’s Most Popular Post

For the next two weeks –until everyone’s back from the holidays or recovered from year-end exhaustion– we’ll re-run some of 2019’s most popular Agitator posts. This year’s most popular and comment-provoking entry was titled (or mis-titled) Thanks, But No Thanks. The post reported on a study of thank you calls to 500,000 public broadcasting donors […]

Learn More December 26, 2019

We Suggest You Have A Merry Christmas

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Learn More December 25, 2019

Local Man Impeached

Despite the breathless ranting and record audiences of the cable news networks and some dynamite investigative reporting by major news organizations this year was a particularly brutal one for local news operations, especially newspapers. Print revenue was down nearly 20%. All of us should be particularly concerned about the plight of local newspapers. They’re a […]

Learn More December 23, 2019

Baby Jesus In A Cage

I suspect that many folks, myself included, view Christmas in their minds– not the one unfolding at the mall — as a quiet, welcome break from the increasingly shrill and combative world of everyday. We turn down the news, turn up the Christmas music and attempt to adhere to the holiday’s essential meaning: Hope. Peace. […]

Learn More December 20, 2019