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Climate Change And The Small Gift Donor

Ten years ago, in Danger Ahead, Tom and I warned of steady decline in the overall number of smaller gift donors. Although many heard the warning, few apparently did anything about it. Today, a decade later the downward spiral continues. The cumulative effects of this ten year 25% decline are real and frightening. Fundraisers and […]

Learn More January 24, 2017

Snap Out Of It!

In his post Friday — Presidential Inauguration Day in the U.S. — Roger admonished us … “My greatest concern today is for those who have become mired in fear, bogged down in some naïve cynicism, intent on tweeting and texting their shared disappointment and rage in a self-reinforcing loop of misery and despair. Snap out […]

Learn More January 23, 2017

Thoughts On Inauguration Day

This is a day of fear … of anticipation … of celebration … joy and despair. In a divided nation and a divided world these disparate emotions are running wild all over the place. Down the hall in my tiny corner of the globe my neighbors are hanging flags and breaking open champagne to celebrate […]

Learn More January 20, 2017

Do you want likes or loves?

Our friends at the Agitator are having an excellent discussion here about the value of social media to fundraisers. There is, unsurprisingly, a dearth of case studies of significant value from social media driving donations not involving buckets or ice or challenges (or advertising in highly targeted and relevant ads – we’re speaking here of […]

Learn More January 19, 2017

“All You Need Is Love”

“All you need is love, da…da…da-da…da. All you need is love, da da da-da da. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.” The Beatles say so (and raised more money than most of us). Agents of Good says so. And Jeff Brooks says so. So it must be so. So let the donor […]

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Is Social Media Working For Fundraisers?

I know, I know … what an impossibly broad question. What I’m really fishing for is some great fundraising success stories … examples of where use of social media has yielded real, measurable dollars. I’m moved to ask because of the question posed yesterday by Cindy Courtier’s Comment to my post on retention. She asked […]

Learn More January 18, 2017