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Blackbaud’s New Parlor Game

WARNING: I’m about to disappoint the gothic gang always ever ready to blast Big Bad Blackbaud. Clearly, The Agitator has sold out. Lost our critical, Damn-the-Man senses. You bet, especially when it comes to valuable new ideas. Shame on us for embracing the new and helpful. First, a secret. There’s a terrific ‘cell’ that I’m […]

Learn More June 5, 2013

You Knew This Day Would Come!

Well, maybe in your childlike innocence you didn’t. Nonetheless, that day has arrived and we now have to make the decision of whether or not to continue publication of The Agitator. The deadline for killing or continuing The Agitator is June 30th. Here’s the deal. After 7 years of delivering The Agitator each weekday morning […]

Learn More June 4, 2013

Fundraisers Who Cry Wolf … And Worse

Every copywriter worth her or his salt knows that for many causes ‘fear’, ‘urgency’ and, often, ‘ideology’ are key ingredients for success. EXCEPT when these ingredients are so ineptly combined as to produce a recipe that poisons even the most loyal donor. Nowhere is the misapplication of solid marketing and fundraising principles so prominent as […]

Learn More June 3, 2013

Worst Client Comments

Here’s some Friday fun for our agency/consultant readers. A couple of Irish creatives decided to enlist others of their ilk and design some posters to illustrate the worst client feedback they’d received on their work. They started selling the posters (proceeds to charity) and were swamped by orders. Here are the posters. And ‘fess up’ […]

Learn More May 31, 2013

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