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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

Giving USA 2013: GoodNews … And Bad

Giving USA 2013, the annual report on philanthropy, published by the Giving USA foundation and researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, was released yesterday. It should please both the ‘glass-half-full’ and ‘glass-half-empty’ folks among us. You can download a summary here. First the ‘good’ news. The $316.23 billion contributed […]

Learn More June 19, 2013