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Our Tips For Fundraising In Tough Times
Last Friday, The Agitator hosted over 70 nonprofit fundraisers in a "tele-briefing" on "Fundraising in Tough Times." We reviewed fundraisers’ responses to our recent Vital Signs surveys (results here and here) and offered our advice on how to cope. Attesting to the level of concern out there, we had more attempted subscribers than "seats" for […]
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Roger Craver, Co-Editor, The Agitator When I switched from being a major gifts and capital campaign fundraiser in favor of the path of direct response my colleagues thought I had gone mad. They simply couldn’t imagine why any serious fundraiser would resort to anything less than face-to-face contact with donors and prospects. That was 45 […]
AGITATOR WEEKEND: Fundraising Vital Signs
The Agitator’s Week In Review. This week brought an end to the seemingly never-ending presidential campaigns marked by highs and lows, necessary and unnecessary divisions, indelible characters and high drama. But in the end, grassroots engagement, and fundraising ‘firsts’ made possible by the brilliant use of technology-backed-by-philosophy combined to yield a record-shattering turnout that contributed […]
Obama: Technology Meets Psychology
If Obama loses the election tomorrow, which now appears inconceivable, it will not be because of inferior grassroots organizing.We’ve read tons about the Obama campaign’s adroit use of the internet to marshall money and people power.But as this excellent article in Wired points out, the real magic in Obama’s approach has been to integrate state-of-the-art […]
AGITATOR WEEKEND: Fundraising for Nail Biters
The Agitator’s Week In Review. As news of economic woes continued again this week tension and quiet terror grew even more noticeable among some fundraisers. Tom and I have quite different views over just how worried we all should be. So, we talked it over and put up our first audio post on Monday along with […]
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 […]
Alicia Keyes Video – Slick Or Stirring?
I’d really like your feedback on this one. As you know, I’m a big fan of using online video to help deliver calls to action, including fundraising appeals. Most of what I’ve seen has a homespun or cinema verite’ look to it. But here’s something quite different … a very high quality film, apparently now […]
The Real Costs Of Online Fundraising
Here is a terrific "must read" article on the true costs of online fundraising, courtesy of Fundraising Success. Apart from its thoughtful content, what I like about this article is that it’s written by a development director, not an online whiz kid, so it offers valuable perspective. I question how many development directors could be […]
Where Will The Writers Come From?
From Pew Internet Research comes a disturbing report on teens (12-17), technology and writing. In my household, with a 14-year-old and two parents paranoid on the subject, this report has landed like a bombshell! While 87% of teens engage in some form of electronic personal communication — text messaging, email or instant messaging, posting comments […]
Kudos to SickKids Foundation
Claire Kerr thinks her colleagues at Toronto's SickKids Foundation deserve an Agitator raise for making it easier for donors to make tribute gifts online. Here's her story … Hi Agitator ! I was inspired by your You Deserve a Raise column to tell you why I think a group of people at my own charity […]