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Acquisition: The ‘Less Cost Is Best’ Fallacy

By now you’ve shown your CEO, CFO and Board the famous Dan Pallotta TED presentation — The way we think about charity is dead wrong. If you haven’t, you deserve a scolding. Here it is, and here’s why you should view it. I’m glad to see it has over 1 million views now … but […]

Learn More March 28, 2013

Make Contact!

Here’s yet another study from the commercial world that delivers the refrain: Make contact with your customers! Yeah, the study was conducted by Harris Interactive for InContact, a vested interest provider of contact center software. But dismiss these findings, which I believe apply to donors, at your peril … More than a third (68%) of […]

Learn More March 27, 2013

‘Genius’ Awards For Nonprofits

Just got around to reading about the 13 organizations that recently won recognition (and $$) from the MacArthur Foundation for their creativity and effectiveness. This awards program is the institutional version of the well-known ‘genius’ recognition that MacArthur awards to outstanding individuals. Here are the 13 winners for 2013. American Documentary – Brooklyn, New York […]

Learn More March 26, 2013

Big Mac® Fundraising

Announcing the latest international fundraising metric: Two all-beef patties + special sauce + lettuce + cheese + pickles + onions + a sesame seed bun = 1 Big Mac® I kid you not. The Big Mac® Philanthropy Index will officially launch On April 8th. Compiled by the London-based international consultancy The Management Centre (=mc) and […]

Learn More March 25, 2013

What Is Your Nonprofit’s YouTube Strategy?

Enough already of Facebook and Twitter strategy! Better be thinking about YouTube, which just hit the mark of 1 billion monthly users! That’s almost 1 in 2 people on the internet. Its monthly audience makes YouTube the third largest ‘country’ in the world. YouTube is now second only to parent Google itself in terms of […]

Learn More March 22, 2013

Don’t Blame The Boomers … It’s Our Fault

Lately, when I’ve written about fundraising and Boomers, Kn Moy, the ‘innovation strategy’ guy at Masterworks has responded with excellent commentary and data (as he did here back in January). Kn thinks heaps about ‘generational fundraising’ for his agency. Here are his excellent comments on my post of yesterday, Boomers: Boom Or Bust?, expressing my […]

Learn More March 21, 2013