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Are You A McDonald’s Or Chipotle Fundraiser?

The Shake Shack Economy, a recent article in The New Yorker, is far more than a terrific business story. It’s a thought-provoking piece about changing demographics and trends and what is possible for companies that take the far lesser worn — but far more profitable — path of category creation (i.e., fast-casual dining) versus the […]

Learn More January 26, 2015

Losing Trust … Building Trust

Global PR giant Edelman has released its 2015 Trust Barometer, which shows “evaporating” trust — worldwide — for media, business, nonprofits and many governments (the institution with already the lowest trust levels). Most Agitator readers will probably first want to know where trust levels stand in your country (27 were studied), and how nonprofits stack […]

Learn More January 23, 2015

Battling The Bullies

In August last year The Agitator ran a three-part series — here, here, and here — on how some politicians and their special interest supporters are attempting to intimidate, discredit and destroy nonprofits they oppose by misapplying fundraising regulations. Particularly outrageous were the actions of Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s Attorney General and his special interest bankrollers […]

Learn More January 22, 2015

Why Should I Care?

It’s taken twenty-one days into the new year for it to leak out — I’ve been restraining myself — but here’s my first curmudgeon post of the year. Last week, in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, it was reported by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the Giving USA Foundation that Giving Tuesday’s tally […]

Learn More January 21, 2015

The Tale Of The Bigger Bottom Line

Harvard Business Review calls it a strategic tool with “irresistible power”. To Entrepreneur magazine it’s the “major business lesson of 2014”. Companies and nonprofits like American Express, Random House and PBS are paying up to $3,500 for a workshops on it. What is this exciting phenomenon that’s become a new buzzword? It’s the ancient art […]

Learn More January 20, 2015

Do You Have The Winning Nonprofit Video?

For several years The Agitator has been happy to applaud the annual winners of the DoGooder Video Awards, a project of Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), See3 and YouTube. This year’s contest is underway, with submissions due here by February 8. The categories (for individual video-makers and nonprofits) are: Best Nonprofit Video — best overall video […]

Learn More January 19, 2015