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Making The Most Of The Hottest Season

With only 98 days to go before Christmas — the height of the year-end giving season — here’s some advice for making the most of the year-end giving season … AND carrying it into the future. Perhaps you’ve ignored our Christmas in August advice, or even better you’ve adopted some of it. If you want […]

Learn More September 18, 2014

Social Media For Events And Campaigns … Done Right.

Anyone who has been following the Ice Bucket Challenge campaign knows that social media has become an integral part of fundraising events and campaigns. Without question, social media creates heaps of buzz for campaigns and makes events a lot more interactive and fun. But it can be pretty hit and miss. The experience can be […]

Learn More September 17, 2014

New Automated Fundraising Tool. Free. Forever.

Today were adding a valuable, new tool to The Agitator Toolbox. The Donor Commitment Feedback Widget for Nonprofits has been designed, tested and proven by the folks at our sister company DonorVoice and is being given to Agitator readers for: $30/month $0 (Free). That’s right. FREE. And how long will this price last? Forever. Hard […]

Learn More September 16, 2014

The Downtrodden Strike Back: Fundraisers Rate and Expose Lousy CEOs and Boards

OK. Got your message from Friday’s Agitator post that it’s not only about the stupidity of fundraisers. We simply have to begin to change things at the top. With or without T-shirts, here’s what has to happen. If the problem is CEOs and top management who don’t listen or care, then let’s call them out […]

Learn More September 15, 2014

In Praise Of The Fundraising 6000

I love you. At least I know I do professionally. The very fact that you’ve logged on to today’s Agitator, or visited/searched our website sometime in the last week means you’re curious. And, of course, that you can read. I’m convinced by our studies that 57% of all folks who claim they’re ‘fundraisers’ don’t read. […]

Learn More September 12, 2014

Donors Need To Give

Here are three takes I’ve recently come across on the ‘needs’ of donors/ customers. Moving from the sublime to the practical to the humorous … Writing in Fundraising Success, Richard Perry is the most inspiring, and his perceptions are well-previewed by his article’s title: Donors Need to Give More Than You Need the Money! Perry […]

Learn More September 11, 2014