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Simple Isn’t Easy

In my post on the United Airlines customer care fiasco I promised a follow-up piece on just the opposite. A great example and resulting rules on building loyalty, retention and commitment. On the very day United was dragging Dr. Dao down the aisle, Rachel Hunnybunn, Director of Client Relationships for our sister company DonorVoice in the […]

Learn More April 17, 2017

Is Your Organization Behaving Like United Airlines?

United Airlines found itself at the center of a social media cyclone, media revolt and falling stock price this week, after a horrifying video that went viral. The scene: a doctor being forcibly removed from a coach class seat on one of its planes. According to published reports, the passenger was randomly selected to be bumped because […]

Learn More April 14, 2017

Bolding the fine print

It is a “best practice” to put certain things in fine print. Car dealerships run through their loan information at a speed that would make the Micro Machine man quail. Telemarketers run through the part where they are paid solicitors as briefly as the law will allow. And Apple’s 20,000-word opus iTunes Terms and Conditions […]

Learn More April 13, 2017

Partisan Purse Strings

Since the November presidential election, many Agitator readers, Tom and I have pondered the possible effects of President Trump’s victory on fundraising and activism. Here and here among several posts. Now we have some data from a CNBC Survey showing that U.S. consumerism has become so politically charged that Americans are showing their partisanship through […]

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Classy Online Donation Pages

More precisely, here are some excellent tips to make your online Donate pages more effective, from online fundraising firm, Classy. For many nonprofits, their website is the metaphorical vacuum cleaner, intended to suck in and capture the interest of each and every browsing visitor, tantalising some to commit to donating or to some other ‘connecting’ […]

Learn More April 12, 2017

A Great Old-Fashioned Major Gift Tool

I love the digital age and all it offers fundraisers today — and what it will increasingly offer in the future. I’m also aware that too many folks avoid undertaking basic fundraising tasks in hopes that some ‘magic app’ will appear that can deliver instant results inexpensively with the click of a mouse. Not gonna […]

Learn More April 11, 2017