Award Winning Blog - Agitator

Bus Leaving for Washington, NOW!

Attention planned giving fundraisers! Washington's abuzz. But it's only fair that you non-Washingtonians should get a bite at the apple. The biggest transfer of wealth in the history of the Washington region will occur over the next 50 years as current retirees and Boomers expected to die by 2055 make bequests totalling $2.4 trillion. So […]

Learn More July 28, 2006

Jon Stewart vs. Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.

On the HuffingtonPost blog today, Washington insider Marty Kaplan laments the fact that the Network of Spiritual Progressives must buy its way into the NYTimes with an ad costing $154,000 or more. He writes: “What's odd is the monopoly on elite attention that the prestige press seems still to maintain. You'd think that new technology […]

Learn More July 27, 2006

Cabbies and Carbon Sequestration

When's the last time you had a great conversation with your cabbie about “carbon sequestration.” NOT! And that's the problem with today's knowledgeable, authoritative, but politically weak environmental groups. In a must read article in this week's Nation magazine, Mark Hertsgaard, the Nation's environmental correspondent, contrasts the staleness and homogeneity of the national groups with […]

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If the Wall Street Journal Can Contemplate It …

Prompted by a report that the Wall Street Journal is reviewing its distribution options, Scott Donaton muses in Ad Age about the prospect of a major newspaper bowing to the inevitable, abandoning print altogether and going 100% online. Think it will happen? We do. Moreover, it's a potential transition that every non-profit should consider as […]

Learn More July 26, 2006

Wouldn’t We All Like to Score Like Ed?

According to Business Week, Ed Robinson spent $10,000 to create a humorous 12-second “viral video” and e-mailed it to five of his friends with his website address. Three months later his site had received 500,000 visits. Wouldn't we all like to score with a creative hit like that?! As the article describes, big dollars are […]

Learn More July 25, 2006

Giving Plus

According to Philanthropy Today, Bob Wilson, a truly dedicated environmentalist, has announced his intention to give $100 million each to Environmental Defense, The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the World Monuments Fund, with the proviso that each group match his gift with other fundraising. From my Environmental Defense days, I know Bob is […]

Learn More July 24, 2006