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Donor Relations … A One Way Street?

A sure sign that not much of anything worthwhile is being done in the area of donor relationships is the growing presence of lots of buzzwords surrounding this subject. In reality, my guess is that more folks have married Kardashians than there are organizations that have become seriously engaged in building true relationships with donors. […]

Learn More June 30, 2015

Celebrate! You Made It Happen!

Anyone with a heart and soul is celebrating Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. The fundraising blogs are alive with the celebratory news. Tom Ahern and his partner Simone Joyaux report their giving patterns will now change. Hopefully, and surely, the Human Rights Campaign will be wringing mega $$ from the jaws of […]

Learn More June 29, 2015

Agitator Now ‘Mobile Responsive’

Some Sundays we sit around our iPads at The Agitator’s Global HQ playing Candy Crush, working the New York Times crossword and, occasionally, arguing over topics for the week ahead. For the last couple of weekends we put away the toys and devoted our spare time to ending The Agitator’s technological hypocrisy. We write a […]

Learn More June 26, 2015

What Do Donors Want?

That’s the question Rory Green at recently asked (and answered) in an email calling attention to a forthcoming #donorlove webinar called Stop Charity Entitlement — and Create Genuine Gratitude, Accountability and Transparency for Donors. So, what do donors want? Rory suggests: To be thanked promptly and personally; To know that their donation has been used […]

Learn More June 25, 2015

Challenging A Sacred Cow

Our recent post Stop it. Fix It on barriers to growth was triggered by Jay Love’s prediction that when Giving USA 2015 was released it would show that once again charitable giving in the U.S. would not exceed 2% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Sure enough, two weeks later on June 15th Giving USA 2015 was […]

Learn More June 24, 2015

Only 161 Days To Go

Mark you planning calendar. Or not. December 1st 2015 marks the fourth annual #GivingTuesday. #GivingTuesday is that artificially inseminated day of philanthropy aimed at capturing some of the torrent of consumer spending that marks the holiday shopping season in the days following American Thanksgiving. Here at The Agitator the event seems to stir up Tom’s […]

Learn More June 23, 2015