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Online Giving At the Big Kids Table

An occupational hazard of blogging is the envy that arises from reading something you wish you’d written. That’s how I felt about Steve MacLaughlin’s The End of the Beginning for Online Giving. In fact, if you read only one blog post today, 1) put this one down, 2) pick that one up, 3) come back […]

Learn More March 8, 2019

Don’t Worry – Rich People Are Here To Save Us

…at least for now. A couple weeks ago, Roger talked about Blackbaud’s report on 2018 giving that found a 1.5% increase in giving in 2018. He mentioned that we wouldn’t know more details until Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) released their data. Well, guess what just happened! It’s up here. A word of warning: even though […]

Learn More March 6, 2019

Year-end Results: More Answers to “What Happened?”

Back in January, Roger cited M+R’s “What the Heck Just Happened?” post about subpar year-end results. Now, M+R is back with answers in a preview of their always helpful benchmarks. The full post is up here and is well worth a read. Some answers to our burning questions: Did the tax law change mess things […]

Learn More March 4, 2019

Steps to Avoid Calling Bullshit: #3

Remember the smell of your first new car? The excitement over your first house or apartment? And what about the anticipation over your first smart phone? In the rush of enthusiasm over those new acquisitions I doubt if many of us were thinking, “what problems will I encounter when I want to sell or change this?” […]

Learn More March 1, 2019

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