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Fundraisers … Personal Shoppers For Donors

In her latest blog post, Sacred Cows: Battling Ourselves, Angie Moore takes on an important topic — how did you guess? — nonprofit sacred cows. She observes: “Most people prefer some type of routine. Those routines create patterns, and before long we’re all saying, “Well, that’s the way we do it.” So an organization that […]

Learn More June 26, 2013

Favorite Fundraising Infographics

Just as I’m building my Agitator collection of favorite fundraising videos, I’ve more recently been on the watch for great fundraising infographics. You probably don’t need convincing that infographics are a powerful way to communicate facts and figures (but just in case). That said, I’ve seen more related to the fundraising process and tactics (usually […]

Learn More June 25, 2013

Cashing In. God Bless America.

Just a few hours ago Tom and I were engaged in our semi-weekly food fight and screaming session about what posts will — and won’t — make it for the coming week. On one thing we agreed. Yesterday’s brilliant piece in The New York Times Magazine is a must read for every Agitator interested in […]

Learn More June 24, 2013

Riding History’s Wave

This week, while most of the world focused on The Guardian’s bombshell reports on Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence officer turned whistleblower, The Agitator turned to The Guardian for news of real interest to our readers. With just 7 days remaining before we go behind The Wall – the paywall – The Guardian confirms […]

Learn More June 22, 2013

When Sharks Become Vegans

“Bizarre” … “Startling” … “Surreal” Those were just a few of the adjectives in reaction to this week’s news that Guidestar, Charity Navigator and the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance have done an about face and launched a campaign to now convince donors they really shouldn’t focus too much on overhead costs when evaluating […]

Learn More June 21, 2013

Do You Know Your ‘Failure Rate’?

This is a long, but very, very important post. So freshen up your coffee before proceeding. The other day I received an email from an Agitator reader asking: “Why do you think most fundraisers are so resistant to innovation and change?” A good question. An important question. I batted out a kneejerk and facile response […]

Learn More June 20, 2013