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When Doing a Crappy Job Is a Good Thing
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What is The Future of Hospital Community Benefit Programs?
Health systems will need to rethink their community benefit programs to take full advantage of health reform—and reframe their value to the communities they serve.
Nothing Ventured? A Hard Look at Risk Taking
CEP Board Member Jim Knickman wonders whether or not the risks his foundation has been making are really risky enough.
Do you dumb down your fundraising?
Somebody asked Kivi if making an email newsletter a quick, skimmable read constituted "dumbing it down." Read about it here at her blog: Making It Skimmable Is Not Dumbing It Down. (The title gives away the answer, but read it anyway!) Fear of "dumbing down" is one of the great forces of evil in our industry. Show More Summary
358 Million Reasons to Love Checkout Programs
358 million. That’s how many dollars were collected with checkout programs in 2012.
Checkout programs are what I call point-of-sale programs, but I kind of like David Hessekiel’s term better. As founder and president of Cause Marketing...Show More Summary
Balancing the voices of good and evil
There's a shift afoot. Those who question the power of technology for good are starting to make themselves heard as nuanced contributors to an overall conversation, not just as polemics. This must come as a bit of a relief to some, a headshaker to others, and just more of the "same old, same old" to others. Show More Summary
Awesome New Tool: Prospect Research for Fundraisers
Earlier this spring my friend and colleague, renowned prospect researcher Helen E. Brown, of The Helen Brown Group, and her colleague Jennifer J. Filla, published their new hardcover book Prospect Research for Fundraisers: The Essential...Show More Summary
Blackbaud’s New Parlor Game
WARNING: I’m about to disappoint the gothic gang always ever ready to blast Big Bad Blackbaud. Clearly, The Agitator has sold out. Lost our critical, Damn-the-Man senses. You bet, especially when it comes to valuable new ideas. Shame on us for embracing the new and helpful. First, a secret. There’s a terrific ‘cell’ that I’m [...]
The 5 Immutable Laws of Great Non-Profit Fundraising
Much of fundraising is an art, not a science. Knowing when a prospect is ripe for an ask, or how to craft a case for support that really tugs on the heartstrings take experience and practice. There are, however, several immutable, undeniable laws of great fundraising that are so very essential to the process that [...]
Christine is Working on Marketing Personas with Her Content Marketing Team
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Why Are Websites Still So Hard for Seniors?
The demographics are clear.
Baby Boomers started turning 65 in 2011 and, for a long time, at least 10,000 of them will continue to do so every day.
They are also flocking to the Internet. The number of people 65 and older on the Internet has been growing 16% per year in the last decade. Show More Summary
Eye Candy—Digital Storytelling Challenge 2013
I was thrilled to be invited to judge this year’s TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge and even more thrilled to see how many powerful videos, and photos (both stills and slide decks/photo series) were submitted. There’s so much potential in visual storytelling, but photos (single or series) and video are still not part of the daily [...]
Advice for Nonprofits on the Google Reader Shutdown
Earlier in 2013 Google announced that as of July 1st, 2013, it will be shutting down Google Reader. Then came the public outcry, as millions of loyal feed readers became desperate at the thought of losing their favorite feed reader. … Continue reading ?
Not Ideas About the Thing but the Thing Itself
Real assets can have real environmental impact and are ideal investments for young people with new wealth.
What Nonprofits Need
Three things that funders can learn from Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2013 State of the Sector Survey.
Making More Money at Your Fundraising Events
If your non-profit holds an annual fundraising event, golf tournament, walk-a-thon, or dinner, or if you want to launch a new fundraising event this fall, be sure to check this out… This week, we have opened up registration for our newest fundraising class, How to Maximize Your Non-Profit Fundraising Events. This 7 week online class [...]
Is ugly fundraising really beautiful?
Ugly makes beautiful fundraising. I'm not the only one who says so, Oneicity blog (among many others) knows it too and posts about it at Ugly direct mail works. Bottom line:... if you want to improve your direct mail revenue, then be bold, embrace a little "ugly." It'll be OK, in fact, you may enjoy the income more than great design. Show More Summary
What Does the Future Hold For Nonprofits?
The nonprofit sector and the philanthropy that funds it have been changing dramatically over the past several years, and there’s plenty more change to come. This month’s Social Velocity webinar, Embracing the Future of the Nonprofit Sector, will help nonprofit leaders and board members understand how the sector is changing and what they can do [...]Show More Summary
June Updates and Additions
Even with the recent heat, our analysts had a great month. Congratulations! We updated 637 charities and added a solid 141 charities on June 1st. Some interesting additions are: Jewish Family Service of Dallas (4 stars) Thrive DC (3 stars) College Bound (1 Star) Check out all the additions here. Show More Summary
3 ways to jumpstart year end giving by planning your fall fundraising now
Nonprofits are making a big mistake when reading studies that show that over 50% of charitable giving happens in December. They are putting off their year end appeals until December! Did you notice that last December? My inbox was flooded with nonprofit emails begging me to give. This is foolish because it’s confusing when donors [...]Show More Summary
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