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Agitator Readers Call Bullshit: #2

The responses to yesterday’s post and the Confidential Agitator Survey were both thoughtful and concerning. [If you haven’t already completed the survey, I hope you will take 3 minutes and do so today. Just click here.] Clearly, many readers responding to the survey have experienced significant frustration, confusion and substantial lost income in their efforts to […]

Learn More February 27, 2019

Calling Bullshit on Tech Greed and Hostage Taking

Last Thursday was one of those days that triggers concern and outrage– and led to this request that you take 3 minutes to complete this Confidential Agitator Survey. Here’s why I’m asking you to take the Survey and, more importantly, to get down in the weeds with me because these are some very important and […]

Learn More February 25, 2019

Fundraising Ain’t Dead Yet

Back on January 9th in Poor Year-End Giving we noted that it’s “clear from the moaning and groaning reaching our Agitator ears that, for many, year-end giving fell short of expectations and projections. “Just how much off the mark?”, we asked. Results vary but overall the shortfall may be as much as 25% for some organizations. For others there […]

Learn More February 22, 2019

Meet the New Platform: Same As the Old Platform

“So put your little hand in mine. There ain’t no hill or mountain we can’t climb…” Slap alarm. Read newspaper. Headline: Facebook Announces Now Accepting Donations for Nonprofits. Read the story: Will they share donor information with the nonprofit? No. No they will not. Discard newspaper and proceed with day. “So put your little hand […]

Learn More February 20, 2019

Don’t Talk To Me When I’m Not Listening

In the nonprofit world where 7 out of 10 newly acquired donors will not give to that organization again, you’d think fundraisers and CEOs would be tripping over themselves to gain ANY insight on what they could be doing to hold on to supporters by improving donor experiences. The commercial world figured out the value […]

Learn More February 18, 2019

Is It Just Me? (Fundraising Events Edition)

No, it’s not just you when it comes to fundraising events. In the past, we’ve talked about Seth Godin’s dislike of fundraising events. More recently, we’ve seen UK participation event revenue declines; in North America, participation rates dropped 5 to 11% in 2016 from 2015, which was down from previous years. Now, as even stalwart […]

Learn More February 15, 2019