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Silver Lining

The stats on giving released over the past few weeks haven’t been anything to write home about. By and large giving is flat and in some sectors – health care, arts and culture – the data are downright nasty for these sectors, which are clearly hurting. This week Blackbaud released its monthly Index of Charitable […]

Learn More October 21, 2010

Plotting Social Media Strategy

Here, courtesy of David Berkowitz writing in Social Media Insider, is an excellent set of questions for nonprofits to consider as you plot your social media strategy. How do you ensure you’re generating meaningful insights from your social activity? What is the most effective way for an organization to mange social media? Where does social […]

Learn More October 20, 2010

Honoring A Quiet Hero

I just received the Fall edition of Solutions, the newsletter of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). [Admission: I used to work there.] An article titled Honoring A Quiet Hero jumped out at me. It tells the story of an EDF donor, Anita Goldner, who had made small annual contributions to EDF for 25 years. When she […]

Learn More October 19, 2010

Zagats For Nonprofits

Awhile back, I referenced a study from Pew Internet Research indicating that 24% of adult online Americans have posted online comments or ‘reviews’ about products and services. I mentioned that I thought there was an ‘aggregator’ of such feedback for nonprofits, but couldn’t recall it at the time. Mal Warwick filled in the blank by […]

Learn More October 18, 2010

You Have 10 Seconds

Agitator readers know I’m a big fan of online video as a fundraising tool (just Search the site for “online video”). The good news is that the sheer volume of online video viewing is staggering and growing. According to comScore, as of September, 175 million US internet users (84% of the total US online universe) […]

Learn More October 15, 2010

Why has this taken so long?!

Every fundraising consultant worth their salt talks these days about integrating the various available channels … most often with specific reference to the direct mail and online channels. Meantime, the big online fundraising firms continually bombard us with data on the growth of online donations. For example, earlier this month Convio reported it had passed […]

Learn More October 14, 2010