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Missions Versus Plans

A very short post from Seth Godin, called There’s nothing wrong with a plan. Godin says: Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail. The Agitator says: Nonsense. Boy, does he annoy me sometimes! Missions are a dime a dozen. Saving children from poverty is a […]

Learn More November 23, 2011

Responding To New

Yesterday we posed the challenge of what to do about the reportedly 12 million Boomer prospects who want to start all over by launching their own nonprofits or social ventures. Do they consider your nonprofit irrelevant or ineffectual? Or don’t they even notice you exist? Assuming such prospects do knock at your door, how will […]

Learn More November 22, 2011

Will anything get nonprofits more focused on retention? Doesn’t look like it…

Many have already blogged on a recent report from Adrian Sargeant (produced as part of a recent Blackbaud Summit). The report, a series of recommendations based on input from a wide variety of sources, is worthy of repeated reference. At DonorVoice, there is one recommendation worthy of reprinting in full along with some color commentary. […]

Learn More November 21, 2011

No More Nonprofits!

Please read this opinion piece — Calling All Boomers: Don’t Start More Nonprofits — by Mark Rosenman, recently published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. If you’re traveling over the Thanksgiving weekend, take it with you and ponder it. Mark is responding to a study claiming that 12 million Boomers want to start their own nonprofit […]

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What Do You Do Within 30 Minutes Of Waking Up?

As much as I’d prefer to write about fundraising, I know The Agitator has a lot of social net addicts out there. Here’s the latest research from Pew Internet Research, looking at Why Americans use social media. So, why are you addicted? It all boils down to friends and family. Two-thirds of Pew’s respondents say […]

Learn More November 18, 2011

Two Looks At Nonprofit Social Media

Here are two good items on nonprofit use of social media. For a macroview, The Nonprofit Quarterly reported recently on a Craigconnect study of fifty top US charities using social media, grouped in these focus categories — Animal, Children, Cultural, Disaster Relief, Environment, Health, Veterans & Military, and Women. All the charities compared are pretty […]

Learn More November 17, 2011