Award Winning Blog - Agitator

Wanna Make Millions $$$?

Other than response to disasters and political campaigns, situations where new donors tend to find you, most online fundraising success has come from mining existing house e-lists. But one of these days, one of The Agitator's readers is going to figure out how to successfully prospect for new donors online. When you do, you'll have […]

Learn More March 28, 2007

Business Is Bad … And Good

Yesterday we posted on some of the political findings in Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007, just released by the Pew Research Center. Today we'll look at Americans' attitudes about corporations and business. As cause marketers and fundraisers, the bottomline for us in this data is that harnessing the power of corporations to […]

Learn More March 27, 2007

Anonymity Sucks – II

A few days ago I vented on the subject of anonymity on the web. I was particularly focusing on anonymity as a political shield, and in situations where unidentified pundits purport to offer expert advice, evaluations (be they of products or charities), and the like. I'm agin it. And I'm going to claim ethical, respect-the-customer, […]

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Americans’ Confidence Wanes

We spent the weekend immersed in the Pew Research Center's just released Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007. Fascinating stuff. We hardly know where to begin. If your nonprofit is engaged in mobilizing supporters around any cause or agenda whatsoever, there's relevant data in this report for you. It's “must read.” Bottomline for […]

Learn More March 26, 2007

Just Write The Check, Please!

There … we've said it. We're reacting to a bunch of things … A recent article in the New York Times, “Write a Check? The New Philanthropist Goes Further,” which opens: Many wealthy Americans are no longer content to bequeath their money to favorite causes in their wills. Instead, they are creating a strategic plan […]

Learn More March 23, 2007

Anonymity Sucks

Yes, anonymity sucks. Whether in the context of … Posting a “Big Sister” Hillary video. Writing an blog “evaluating” charities. Making a “Comment” on someone's website or blog. Sneaking a contribution to a political candidate. Faking “grassroots support” for a legislative goal. Hiding behind an e-mail nom de plume. Anonymity used to attack or manipulate […]

Learn More March 22, 2007