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MoveOn’s Brilliant Use Of Online Video

If you are the only voter in America who hasn’t yet seen this online video message from MoveOn, then you owe The Agitator big-time for bringing it to your attention.I guarantee you will pass this “make sure you vote” video along … and probably edit it yourself before doing so.Keep in mind that MoveOn has […]

Learn More October 23, 2008

YouTube Wins 2008 Election!

So declare Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry (founders of the influential TechPresident) in this article on Politico. I agree.First they provide some context:“In the 60 years that the top three TV networks have been broadcasting, they have produced about 1.5 million hours of content — assuming, for argument’s sake, that they have been broadcasting 24 […]

Learn More October 22, 2008

Fundraising In Tough Times For Acme Food Bank

Yesterday, Roger published an audio-recording of a conversation he and I had about the impact of today’s traumatic economic conditions on fundraising. Here it is if you missed.www.theagitator.net/wp-content/uploads/file/Agitator-Talk.mp3A key take-away from the conversation was … don’t stop asking! Followed by … words matter! Present your message and need in a context that is relevant to […]

Learn More October 21, 2008

Roger And Tom Discuss Chicken Little

Tom and I talk often about the fundraising issues we’re covering on The Agitator and our different “takes” on what’s happening in the donor world. Over the weekend we had a conversation about the economic situation and its impact on fundraising strategy in the coming months. We audio-taped it with the thought you might find […]

Learn More October 20, 2008

AGITATOR WEEKEND: Fundraising With Chicken Little

The Agitator’s Week in Review. No question that the seemingly endless chain of bad financial and economic news has created a heightened sense of foreboding in our community that the fundraising sky is falling. Meanwhile, the last of the presidential debates took place on Wednesday as the campaigns headed into the homestretch to Novemember 4th […]

Learn More October 18, 2008

More On Public Perceptions And The Economy

Here is yet another poll on public perceptions of the economy and personal finances … this one from Discover Financial.We’ve reported two similar polls from USA Today and Pew Research in the past few days.The Discover findings point to a consistent trend that might be of interest to fundraisers … people seem to be much […]

Learn More October 17, 2008