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Of Course, Achievements Help!

Here’s a nice year-end cultivation video from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Greetings from CPAWS What makes this video compelling? The concrete achievements noted. Don’t ‘try this at home’ unless you can match this kind of accomplishment specificity. If I were a member, I’d be proud, impressed, affirmed. So much so that I might […]

Learn More December 29, 2010

Catch Up On Agitator Webinars

In the event you have a bit more spare time over the holidays, you might want to catch up on one of our free DonorTrends/Agitator webinars, each hosted by Roger Craver with a guest expert. 1. The important giving potential of mid-level donors is explored here, with Kristin McCurry of MINDset Direct as our guest […]

Learn More December 27, 2010

A Special Christmas Song

The Agitator has few traditions at this point. But here is one of them. For our fourth Christmas, we urge you to get into a mirthful holiday mood by listening to this unforgettable rendition of O Holy Night. Tom is especially fond of this performance, as it takes him back to his Catholic grammar school […]

Learn More December 23, 2010

Bite Apple Here

Apple’s iPhone donation policy bites. Bite back … like nearly 8,000 others so far. Beth Kanter at Beth’s Blog is on top of the issue and is urging nonprofits to protest. All the info you need, from multiple sources, is here in Beth’s update. Bite back before you leave for the holidays! Tom

Learn More December 22, 2010

Empowering Your Online Fundraisers

Here’s a good overview from Caroline McCarthy at CNET looking at the range of social media platforms — Causes, DonorsChoose, Crowdrise — that routinely enable individuals to become missionaries for causes and charities they believe in. The article addresses the issue of the ‘stickiness’ of donors who give in this fashion (i.e., in response to […]

Learn More December 21, 2010

Year-End Video Campaign

Here’s an interesting online video fundraising campaign from Volunteers of America Chesapeake, in the Baltimore/Washington area. VOA Chesapeake has prepared fifteen short videos, posted on their website and sitting on YouTube, that illustrate the ways that the group helps its clients … and how donors’ gifts will be put to use. The videos, some better […]

Learn More December 20, 2010