Award Winning Blog - Agitator

The Non Profit Sector Needs More Debt…Seriously.

The post title is a blatant attempt to generate interest. That said, it is a true (if incomplete) statement. What the sector is in desperate need of are markets; debt, equity, M&A markets. In short, it needs buyers and sellers, creditors and equity holders. In the commercial sector these are necessary financial tools for […]

Learn More January 11, 2013

“We Love Disruption”

Salesforce is perhaps the commercial world’s leading sales support and customer management software platform. The company’s chief, Marc Benioff (hmmm, does The Agitator have a thing for ‘Marc’s’ this week?) knows a thing or two about managing customer relationships. You might think in terms of donor relationships. Here are some observations he shared during a […]

Learn More

Surviving The Flight To Quality

Like Roger in yesterday’s post, I was quite impressed by the observations Marc Chardon. CEO of Blackbaud, made in this 4-minute video about the fundraising year ahead. Lots of nuggets in there, but what most popped out at me was his comment predicting a donor “flight to quality”, as he put it — he thinks […]

Learn More January 10, 2013

Exciting Time To Be A Fundraiser

I had already posted yesterday’s piece on the importance of thinking bigger and better when I received Marc Chardon’s view of the “Key Non Profit Sector Trends in 2013.” Marc is the CEO of Blackbaud. His views are important. Partly because he sets the future strategy for a company that provides fundraising tools and data […]

Learn More January 9, 2013

Fundraising Desperation And Chaos In 2013

In my first post of the New Year I want to give advance notice on some topics deserving of greater attention. The nonprofit sector is in big trouble. And although Tom and I realize that a lot of readers want to know whether green envelopes work better than orange envelopes, there are more serious issues […]

Learn More January 8, 2013

The Agitator’s Editorial Stance

Reader comments on my ‘grumpiness’ last week got me thinking — and talking to Roger — about The Agitator’s editorial stance for the coming year. We do wish we could be more positive about our sector. We wish we could fill your in-box each morning with a terrific post about innovation, soaring nonprofit revenue, and […]

Learn More January 7, 2013