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New Digital Fundraising Benchmarks

The latest M+R Benchmarks Study was released yesterday, providing a valuable look at trends in the digital fundraising arena. The study is based on an impressive range of 105 participating organizations in eight sectors — mostly large nonprofits like Oxfam America, Planned Parenthood Federation and Humane Society of the US, but including smaller regional/local groups like […]

Learn More April 21, 2016

The Danger Of Widget Mentality In Fundraising

I wonder how many donors give in spite of the fundraising machine, not because of it? Here at The Agitator and over at our sister company DonorVoice we focus on that question a lot. In fact that’s what led to the research and eventually our recent Agitator/DonorVoice/SOFII Webinar on How to Reduce F2F Attrition in the First 90 […]

Learn More April 20, 2016

Take The $$? Or Take A Stand?

In the US, HBO just premiered Confirmation, a docudrama recounting the debacle 25 years ago, when 11 Senate Democrats (out of 57) voted to confirm Judge Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court. Thomas won confirmation despite accusations of sexual harassment laid against him by professor Anita Hill during Senate hearings. Hill had worked as an adviser […]

Learn More April 19, 2016

Annual Reports: Walking The Talk

It’s hard to come up with an example of a greater waste of nonprofit funds and time than the annual report. Well, most annual reports at least. I’ve seen dozens of CEOs, communications and development directors waste countless hours fuming, fussing and meeting over these egocentric tomes in hopes of impressing donors. And, I’ve learned […]

Learn More April 18, 2016

Disambiguate. It’s Friday!

It’s been a long week and we’ve ploughed our way through far too many press releases, PowerPoints, white papers and, frankly, far too many clichés and buzzwords. We suspect you too have been over-exposed to the flood of cutting-edge, paradigm-shifting, disruptive, game-changing insights from self-proclaimed thought leaders — all of whom have a least three years […]

Learn More April 15, 2016

Ask The One Who Matters Most

We were more than a little surprised — and very pleased — that 331 folks registered for the Agitator/DonorVoice/SOFII webinar on reducing F2F attrition in the first 90 days. Even if you’re not into the Face-T0-Face channel I recommend you download or view the recording of the presentation, because there are some valuable insights for […]

Learn More April 14, 2016