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Presenting A Passionate Fundraising Case

Here, from The FLA Group, is a superb paper on how to craft your fundraising case. I wish (for the sake of US readers) I had seen it before the Thanksgiving holiday. I would have insisted that you take it home and memorize it over your "off" days. The basic principles presented in Building a […]

Learn More November 30, 2009

5 Trends Reshaping Nonprofit Sector

Here’s some food for the brain if you have some spare time over the Thanksgiving holiday. Agitator readers outside the US, set it aside for your next long weekend. You won’t raise more money tomorrow from reading this report, but it might help you make better sense of the context in which nonprofit fundraising, organizing […]

Learn More November 24, 2009

New Typography For Donors?

Yale economics professor Robert Shiller wrote an interesting column in the NY Times on Saturday. He talked about the 1930s roots of "recession" versus "depression" and the different mindsets associated with each. "Recessions" can be worked out and overcome … they have "normal" cycles and, importantly, endings. "Depressions" connote something far darker, more sinister, maybe […]

Learn More November 23, 2009

2010 Fundraising Plans – “We’re Exhausted”

This is our third and last report on The Agitator’s 2010 Fundraising Plans survey. In our previous two reports (here and here), we’ve described fundraisers’ mood as "creeping optimism," with 51% of our respondents expecting to raise more money in 2010, placing their highest expectations on recovery of major gifts and continued growth of online […]

Learn More November 20, 2009

2010 Fundraising Plans – Investment Priorities

Yesterday, in our first report on The Agitator’s 2010 Fundraising Plans survey, we commented on the general mood of nonprofit fundraisers as they looked ahead to next year. Our assessment … creeping optimism. We noted that most fundraisers were expecting improvement in new donor prospecting, major gifts, and online giving. Today we’re looking at where […]

Learn More November 19, 2009

2010 Fundraising Plans – Creeping Optimism

Today we’re giving the first of three topline reports on our just-concluded survey on nonprofit fundraisers’ 2010 fundraising plans. More tomorrow and Friday. Thanks to the 235 fundraisers who participated. We’ll start with the general mood and expectations. We asked a broad question: "Looking ahead, do you expect to raise more money in 2010 than […]

Learn More November 18, 2009