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Online Fundraising Up Over 2008?

Steve MacLaughlin of Blackbaud shares results from his firm’s clients for the first half of 2009. From a group of 1,274 clients, online giving is up 22% for the first six months of 2009 over the same period in 2008. Average online gift is currently running at $124.17. That’s great. But what do you mean […]

Learn More July 8, 2009

Good News For Gloomy Times

Half way through the year, like the mythical Janus, capable of viewing the past and future at the same time, I’m leafing through a pile of good stuff I should have passed on to Agitator readers, but somehow didn’t. Shame on me. BUT … it’s not to late to put this great information to work […]

Learn More July 7, 2009

Jeff Brooks To Charity Navigator: Shut Up!

In this recent post, Merkle creative director and blogger Jeff Brooks takes on Charity Navigator for whining about "junk mail" and for buying into the "myth that fundraising is a form of harassment." Right on Jeff! And he doesn’t just complain. He gives four very sound bits of advice for how you should deal with […]

Learn More July 6, 2009

Laugh As You Leave

For our American readers leaving for a long Independence Day weekend, let’s turn off our computers with a little laughter please … Enjoy this video. Happy 4th! Roger & Tom

Learn More July 3, 2009

Are Nonprofits Good At Social Media?

Alexandra Samuel, writing in Harvard Business Publishing, says Yes! In her article, Why Nonprofits Are So Good at Social Media, she notes that social media are all about relationship building and points out: "In the nonprofit sector, relationships have always been the key currency: the relationships with the members, donors and supporters that NGOs depend […]

Learn More July 2, 2009

How Well Do You “Close” Online?

In eMarketing and Commerce, I recently came across a survey conducted for PayPal of reasons consumers give for "abandoning their shopping carts" during online shopping. PayPal found that 45% of their respondents had bailed out of at least one online retail purchase at the "checkout register" in the preceding three weeks. Here are the top […]

Learn More July 1, 2009