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I Wish I’d Thought Of That

Our UK fundraising mate, Ken Burnett, asked The Agitator to mention the upcoming SOFII event … I Wish I’d Thought Of That. IWITOT. You can register here. It’s in London on the 6th of June. Which means that not many of our main army of US fundraisers are likely to be there! But Roger and […]

Learn More May 30, 2013

I Feel Your Pain

OK, our US Agitator readers are now two days back from the long Memorial Day weekend that signals lazy summer is around the corner. But it’s not here yet! So it’s time for some serious pondering. Do we need more empathy in the world, or less? Fundraisers are often urged to ‘step into the shoes’ […]

Learn More May 29, 2013

A Crowd By Any Name

John Clese at Avectra prepared this guest post on “crowd-contributing”, which he sees as a blend of “crowdsourcing” and “crowdfunding”. Here’s John’s take on “crowd-contributing” … Successful Crowd Contributing – Technology Makes the Difference Everyone’s doing it these days – from large international organizations and local chapters of national organizations, right down to your children’s […]

Learn More May 28, 2013

Katya’s Choice

“Bittersweet” is the only way to characterize my reaction upon opening the email from Katya Andresen, CEO of Network for Good and author of Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog. “I have some news! I am moving on from Network for Good. I’ve accepted a job as CEO of ePals, a public company in the education technology […]

Learn More May 24, 2013

One Today … As In $1

I’ve generally been skeptical of fundraising/giving tactics that create a wall between donors and recipient causes and organizations. Primarily because I was raised in the church of ‘relationship-building’. But I’m coming around to the belief that any giving is to be encouraged, because the world needs as many givers as we can possibly motivate and […]

Learn More May 23, 2013

I’m Perplexed And Confused

Yesterday, Roger summarized a rant on donor ‘conversion’ by our colleague Kevin Schulman. Just to establish that dissent is alive and well within The Agitator ranks, I’m here to tell you that Kevin’s rant was nothing more than a triumph of obscurantism. Kevin (and Roger), were you trying to play with our heads? Now, if […]

Learn More May 22, 2013