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No Online Endorsement … No Sale

Consider this observation by communications consultant and blogger Dave Evans: Ordinary consumers are continuing to integrate technology into their everyday lives. As they do, a natural reliance on a network of friends and other consumers develops … It's only a matter of time before most purchases with any sort of decision analysis are made largely […]

Learn More November 30, 2006

No Money Please, We’re British

About the only joy of living on airplanes is that I get to Europe frequently and can then tune in to all the channels of the BBC. One of my favorite programs (programmes) on the Beeb as the Brits call it, is Hard Talk. The sometimes puckish, often downright aggressive talking heads, always preppy and […]

Learn More November 29, 2006

Secret Riches and Why You’re Missin’ Em

David Love, Executive Director of The Conservation Foundation of Greater Toronto, who also happens to be an old friend, great fundraiser, wonderful cause hell-raiser, and reader of The Agitator wrote the other day noting, “I remain obsessed with social justice and green groups getting legacies. Ripping them out of the hands of universities and hospitals. […]

Learn More November 28, 2006

Tell All …and Send Your Secret Bedroom Photos

Here at The Agitator find ourselves immersed in a real and very heated debate. Tom says that, in the interest of “transparency” and “accountability” anyone's contributions should be public and readily available online. Roger says, “it's no one's damn business and this sort of mindset is a real and present danger to civil liberties.” Of […]

Learn More November 27, 2006

Give Thanks For Nonprofits At Thanksgiving

A recent report on MSNBC notes that America’s 1.4 million nonprofits (as registered with the IRS in 2004) account for 5.2% of the nation’s economic output and 8.3% of its wages and salaries. That’s a significant contribution indeed to the nation’s economic well-being, but it pales in importance to the enormous good work charities, cause […]

Learn More November 23, 2006

Youth & Politics – Treasury of Data

Agitator confesses to being asleep at the switch back in October when The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE, funded by Pew and Carnegie) released its massive study on the civic and political engagement of youth (ages 15-25). CIRCLE's 2006 National Civic and Political Health Survey is a massive treasury […]

Learn More November 22, 2006