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Who Will Get The Money?

In her comment on Monday’s Agitator post, 40 Nonprofit Trends, Gayle Gifford made a provocative point, which I hope might stir up some debate … “The overwhelming majority of US public charities, those small and medium sized organizations, simply don’t have the funds to compete for talented fund development staff or new technology to keep […]

Learn More February 22, 2017

Trump Is Actually Making America Great Again

Here at Agitator Global HQ we never know what’s going to pop out of the morning mail bag. Yesterday’s trove ( it was “Not My President Day” see in the U.S.) brought a gem from Agitator regular Pamela Grow who wrote: “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it looks like Trump is actually making […]

Learn More February 21, 2017

40 Nonprofit Trends

I finally got around to reading Sean Norris’ compilation of 40 Nonprofit Trends for 2017, as published in NonProfitPRO. Part of me wants to ask, if there are actually 40 trends, is there any direction? Or are we talking chaos? But actually his list, reflecting the views of a few dozen nonprofit practitioners and commentators, makes […]

Learn More February 20, 2017

Storytelling Vs. Data. Which Is More Important?

Looking for something to debate over lunch today? Check out Nick Ellinger’s post over at the DonorVoice Blog, where he tackles the age-old debate over the power of storytelling versus data when it comes to fundraising success. Challenging a common thesis that that Democrats lost the 2016 presidential election because they focused on data-driven marketing, […]

Learn More February 17, 2017

Data-driven fundraising and storytelling: the genius of the and

Two random things before we start: We’ll be at the DMA Nonprofit Foundation meeting next week and we’d love to meet with you. Feel free to drop us a line if you would like to meet. Also, DonorVoice folks will be participating two sessions: one about how to use behavioral science in your program and […]

Learn More February 16, 2017

Donor Retention … Why Is It So Hard?

Roger’s written a 171-page $24.95 book on it — Retention Fundraising: The New Art and Science of Keeping Your Donors for Life. And yesterday he enthusiastically recommended Jay Love’s 170-page $5.67 Kindle book on it — Stay Together: How to Encourage a Lifetime of Donor Loyalty. [Even Jay would agree that the one extra — […]

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