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Fundraisers, More Sharing Please!

A few days ago, we posted on Crowd Accelerated Innovation … a phenomenon powered by the unique attributes of universally-distributed online video. And we urged fundraisers to use this approach to raise the bar and spread innovation. Which, in turn, would require sharing their best work and success stories. That post elicited this terrific offer […]

Learn More September 24, 2010

Vote For Best Nonprofit Tagline

Take a few minutes to cast your vote for best nonprofit tagline in Nancy Schwartz’s third annual competition. We have. Nancy, who publishes one of our favorite e-newsletters, Getting Attention, has served up 70 taglines in thirteen categories for your assessment. These were culled from about 2,700 entries. Nancy points out: “A strong tagline is […]

Learn More September 23, 2010

Latest Cause Marketing Research

Thanks to Joanne Fritz at About.com for alerting us to the latest report on cause marketing from Cone. Cause marketing is Cone’s specialty … they know their stuff. The 2010 Cone Cause Evolution Study notes that moms and Millenials (age 18-24) are the biggest believers in cause marketing. What I found interesting is that respondents […]

Learn More September 22, 2010

Taking Donor Loyalty Seriously

Earlier this month we noted a blog post by marketer Seth Godin on loyalty. Here’s some customer and donor loyalty experience from Agitator reader Andrew Kramer that I didn’t want to see under-appreciated in Comment limbo … “I recently switched electricity providers from an all wind provider with a great brand (one that made me […]

Learn More September 21, 2010

Crowd Accelerated Innovation

Chris Anderson, father of the “long tail” theorem regarding the web’s impact, has come up with another theorem — “Crowd accelerated innovation.” Here’s how Seth Godin summarizes it in a recent post: “Online video radically changes the reach and speed of the improvement cycle. Things like dance, snowboarding and TED talks keep getting better, and […]

Learn More September 20, 2010

Massive Incrementalism

Now, more than ever, our world cries out for “game changing” innovations and solutions. Big breakthroughs. For fundraisers, the term “game changing” means some big, bold innovation that can carry us into the Promised Land of Greater Response and Larger Gifts. For nonprofits and their donors, the term “game changing” should mean harnessing the vast […]

Learn More September 17, 2010