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Please Don’t Eat The Poinsettia

I thought a holiday motif would be appropriate to remind us of the many myths we take for gospel. Some are true, some are not. As in: “Feed a cold, starve a fever.” [True] … “Don’t sit too close to the television you’ll hurt your eyes.” [Not true] … “Don’t swallow your gum; it stays […]

Learn More December 27, 2016

If You’ve Had A Great Year, Be Thankful. If Not … Try To Hit The High Notes In 2017!

After ten years of Agitator Christmases, we’ve never been able to improve upon this holiday message. With all your online solicitation programs firing away like an AK-47 on auto-pilot until January 1, fundraisers probably aren’t doing much heavy lifting today … unless it’s carrying in the booze for the office party. But maybe — over some spiked […]

Learn More December 23, 2016

Voluntary Versus Involuntary Churn

I suspect that most fundraisers think of donors who don’t renew or make subsequent gifts as having made a conscious decision to abandon ship, such as … My priorities have changed. I’m supporting other organisations in this field … you no longer make the cut. You did something I disagreed with. The reasons we suppose […]

Learn More December 22, 2016

Twas the night before direct marketing Christmas

What’s the fun of a normal “best of” blog post? Twas the night before Christmas and all through HQ Only one direct marketer made her review Of whether her plan had enough donor cares To get gifts from poor up to the millionaires. Her ED was nestled all snug in her bed While visions of […]

Learn More December 21, 2016

Farewell And Hello

In our tiny world of Fundraising Blogdom a mammoth event occurs tomorrow. So we’re sending you advance notice. After nearly 6 years and 600 posts the crowdblog 101 Fundraising will release its last official post on December 22nd. Then, they’re turning over the publishing baton to The Resource Alliance and its new digital platform, The […]

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Classy … Or Not?

I rarely comment on fundraising businesses. I get plenty of e-newsletters and read heaps of blogs of such firms, often finding useful pearls of wisdom and, less frequently, hard data on successful fundraising strategies and tactics. These offerings (basically, business lead generators, about which I’m not complaining) provide some basis for separating the wheat from the […]

Learn More December 20, 2016