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US Hispanics’ Identity

The Pew Hispanic Center has published an excellent report … When Labels Don’t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity. It’s a comprehensive survey of US Hispanics’ attitudes toward language, religion, political/social issues, self-identity, and satisfaction with life in the US. Want to start with the very basics? Most respondents (51%)have no preference between the […]

Learn More April 9, 2012

In Defense Of Serious Fundraising Dialogue

You’ll recall that yesterday I did a post on the NTEN conference. The purpose of the post was NOT to draw attention to the conference itself, but to the research released around it that might be helpful to FUNDRAISERS. A number of Tweets signaled that we’d hit a nerve, but for the life of me […]

Learn More April 6, 2012

Wake Me When NTEN’s Over

As a matter of principle Tom and I don’t usually cover conferences, conventions or most industry events. The 2012 NTEN Conference that closes today in San Francisco is no exception. The word diagram below, produced by Rally, quickly (or confusingly, depending on your point of view) tells why we don’t. […]

Learn More April 5, 2012

Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Study – 2011

Just released. Invaluable, as always. Get it here. Looks at 719 Convio clients who raised more than $1.2 billion online in 2011. Two findings are stressed by Convio major domo Vinay Bhagat: 1. Increase in online monthly giving — now accounts for 6.9% of online revenue. Vinay is enthusiastic about the 40% growth in this […]

Learn More April 4, 2012

Learning From Political Digital

The NY Times recently reported on the sophisticated use of online media by the Romney campaign, specifically as a persuasion tool for reaching new, undecided voters (as opposed to milking the house file for contributions, which every serious candidate knows how to do). As nonprofits look for new ways to generate leads amidst dwindling acquisition […]

Learn More April 3, 2012

Amish Chicken And Tom’s Demise

Tom’s not getting any younger so I find myself checking the obituaries more frequently these days wondering if the next Agitator post is covered. So far so good. I talked to him this morning. Alive. But recently, in search of Tom’s unplanned demise (Here at the Agitator we have a liberal HR policy requiring two […]

Learn More April 2, 2012