Award Winning Blog - Agitator

Reprieve for Postage Meters

Ginger Stickel, like most Americans, has been getting a lot more junk mail these days.” Thus reads the lead in a New York Times piece headlined “Junk Mail is Alive and Growing”. Ahhh, music to my ears. Remember back just five years when so many industry pundits predicted that the internet and e-marketing meant the […]

Learn More November 6, 2006

Meet Youthful Passion – Mary Joyce

How refreshing it is to “meet” Mary Joyce, the latest “Person of the Week” from Politics Online. Mary's short career began in 1999 as a high school volunteer for the Bill Bradley presidential campaign. But her true love — using digital technology to empower citizen activism in developing world countries — seems to have been […]

Learn More November 5, 2006

Er … Hats Off To Hooters?

Hooters (yes, that Hooters) just announced that the Gulfport (MS) Hooters was the top restaurant in the 430-location chain’s annual fundraising campaign on behalf of breast cancer research. The campaign overall raised about $135,000 from customers, to which corporate Hooters added another gift of $500,000. Not a bad day for breast cancer research. Kinda gives […]

Learn More November 4, 2006

We’re In It For The Money

In a wonderfully refreshing, if somewhat immodest manner, Bank of America is touting what it calls “the initial reults of the most comprehensive survey to-date of the philanthropic behavior of of weathy Americans.” The survey, conducted by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and paid for by Bank of America, reflects the opinions of […]

Learn More November 3, 2006

Watch And Learn – The Dove Evolution Campaign

Dove, the soap people, have a “Campaign for Real Beauty” underway which is “must see” for folks who question whether consumer marketers can teach nonprofit marketers a thing or two. To say nothing of folks who care about what real beauty is. In this case, a powerful 75-second video, titled Evolution, triggers a dialogue about […]

Learn More November 2, 2006

Oprah and the Gift of Giving Back

On her show that aired Monday, Oprah Winfrey gave more than 300 audience members each a $1,000 debit card sponsored by the Bank of America to donate to a charitable cause. Famous for giving members of her audience new cars, paying off their debts, or fulfilling their wildest dreams, Oprah has now given what she […]

Learn More November 1, 2006