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Halfway, Now What? Tell Us.

We convened the esteemed (read: infamous) Agitator editors and all our dedicated senior staff and researchers (read: Google search, Google scholar search and Chat-GPT) to debate the merits of taking a few days off to celebrate the quintessential American holiday, July 4th. And in a bout of irony, we decreed it so despite the staff […]

Learn More July 3, 2023

GPT? Yes. Chat-GPT? No.

The number of people professing to be expert in AI or machine learning (and not knowing the difference) is skyrocketing. It’s like the 19th century gold rush with con artists selling worthless mining technology. I’m going to share our experience with GPT for copy and make recommendations. I didn’t stay in a Holiday Inn last […]

Learn More June 30, 2023

Are Your Typography Choices Random?

Typography encompasses a lot. This is a simplified summary, Typeface Style (serif, sans serif, script) Size (10pt or 12pt) x-height (the height of letter “x” in different fonts) Weight – light, normal, bold Slant – normal or italic Spacing Between Letters (known as kerning) Between Sentences (leading) Layout Headlines, subheads, copy blocks Length of line […]

Learn More June 28, 2023

Building A Bridge Or A Moat?

Your charity’s issue or area of focus needs oxygen, like a flame, to stay lit. It requires exposure and active discourse to grow support and make material improvement against the problem. We’re all in the advocacy business. But is your approach building a moat or a bridge? The organizations in the orange circles are moat builders, […]

Learn More June 23, 2023

Last Chance

What a fortnight it’s been. Thank you Agitator readers for indulging over two weeks on one topic, Personality. We think it matters that much to understanding human attention, interest and action. And yes, DonorVoice has crass, commercial interest and we’ll end on that note while hopefully not souring the taste of the other Personality morsels […]

Learn More June 21, 2023

Matching Story to a Person’s Layers

I want a story that speaks to me. But who am I? A bundle of complexity just like you and exactly not like you. Personality Psychologists often talk about three layers of a person, The foundational, rough sketch layer are our broad personality traits. You’re extroverted, I’m introverted. You’re agreeable, I’m not. But there are […]

Learn More June 19, 2023