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Infographics Say It With Impact

Yesterday I pointed readers toward the powerful infographics used by Charity:Water and asked for some additional nominees. Here’s an infographic from Blackbaud that tells it all with respect to the revenue benefits of multi-channel fundraising. You can view the original in larger size here. One thing infographics force you to do is focus on the […]

Learn More October 5, 2011

Behind The Screen – Charity:Water

Regular readers of The Agitator will know I think Charity:Water is tops at online fundraising. Just ‘Search’ our site for posts on the organization. So I’m happily going to refer you to this recent post by Beth Kanter, in which Paull Young, Charity:Water’s digital director talks about the organization’s online fundraising strategy. Paull gives us […]

Learn More October 4, 2011

We’re All Marketers Now

At first glance, this article from the McKinsey Quarterly — We’re all marketers now — might seem too ‘foreign’ to the experience of nonprofits and fundraisers to bother with. But I urge you to read it. Believe me, it does apply. First, it argues that marketers need to adjust to a “new era of deep […]

Learn More October 3, 2011

Beating Our Chest

Sorry, but I’m proud of the recent work Roger and Kevin have done at DonorVoice on donor commitment. And so I’m going to subject you to this ‘endorsement’ from fundraiser Ken Burnett, who champions donor relationship building more ardently than anyone. Says Ken, in an article titled The real meaning of commitment … And why […]

Learn More September 30, 2011

Facebook Readings

Many of you are probably following — more avidly than me — the changes being made to the Facebook platform. With more time being spent on social nets, and Facebook in particular (it’s now having half billion user days!), it’s a platform nonprofits have to master. And at the same time, everything that’s ‘good’ for […]

Learn More September 29, 2011

My Pantheon Of Fundraising Curmudgeons

As many a long–suffering Agitator reader knows, I’ve long been a fan of the BBC. In fact, some of the tamer times of my misspent youth were devoted to listening to Neville Marriner and the chamber orchestra of the Academy of St. Martin’s-in-the–Fields. This Trafalgar Square beauty, built in the early 18th century, is one […]

Learn More September 28, 2011