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Fundraisers Rate Their CEOs

Awhile back we reported on the now-infamous Underdeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising. One aspect of the study that drew attention was the somewhat lukewarm assessment by nonprofit CEOs of their development directors — 33% were dissatisfied or lukewarm about the performance of their development directors … and 24% said their development […]

Learn More February 19, 2013

We Regret To Inform You …

INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Belford Sunday evening FR: Craver RE: Your Request for Day Off The Agitator’s Human Relations Advisory Board has given careful consideration to your request for a one-day leave on 18 February . I regret to inform you the request has been denied. Although The Agitator has a large U.S. readership … and […]

Learn More February 18, 2013

What Is A Fundraiser?

Since I kicked off the yeasty, comment-filled week with the Fundraising Firing Squad Forms A Circle post, I think it appropriate to end the week with Ken Burnett’s brilliant What Is A Fundraiser? just to be sure your blood pressure is properly book-ended. If you’ve followed the ‘Comments’ section on The Agitator about the dustup […]

Learn More February 15, 2013

Retention: Step #1

Establish emotional connection. Fantasies don’t count! Tom

Learn More February 14, 2013

Where’s The Breakdown?

I was thinking about the Comments by John Sauve-Rodd and Denisa Casement regarding Roger’s post yesterday, Why Chuck Longfield Is Worried. Roger was re-stating The Agitator’s determination to intensify our focus on donor retention, and they were commenting on the great success of monthly giving in the UK and Europe, as compared to its pale […]

Learn More February 13, 2013

Why Chuck Longfield Is Worried

When Chuck Longfield is worried, it’s time for fundraisers to wake up, pay attention, and begin making some serious changes. Chuck is the Founder of Target Analytics and Chief Scientist at Blackbaud. For purposes of this post, he’s a first-rate innovator who is more intimately familiar with direct response fundraising trends than anyone I know. […]

Learn More February 12, 2013