Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Every year we give a plug to Nancy Schwartz’ nonprofit tagline competition. Gets hundreds of entries … might top 1,000 this year. Sometimes The Agitator even agrees on the winners! Here’s the place to enter this year. And there are more categories, so you can enter taglines for ... Read more
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Back in November 2007 we ran a post titled, Snorting Oxytocin, with this lead … “Attention major gift fundraisers!! Next time you’re about to pop the question to a prospect (the fundraising ask, that is), squirt a dose of oxytocin up their nose. You might get two-and-a half ... Read more
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Last week was long and surreal. Deep Horizon vomiting even more into The Gulf of Mexico…the U.S. and U.K. World Cup teams seemingly cheated out of goals…a three-day-long tennis match at the very proper strawberries-and-cream Wimbledon. Enough! So, on this Monday morning it’s time to kick it ... Read more
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Friday’s Fundraising Day in New York was terrific. Attendance up from last year and lots of enthusiasm and, even more importantly, plenty of optimism. After a simply wonderful luncheon speech (and there aren’t many of those at these sorts of events) by Geoffrey Canada, head of The Harlem ... Read more
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The Chronicle of Philanthropy just released its latest annual survey of the largest 176 US nonprofits regarding their online fundraising. Apparently they asked respondents to identify their favorite "blog about the nonprofit world" and — we’re pleased to report — ... Read more
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
As reported in the NY Times, OgilvyOne has launched an international contest on YouTube to identify the "world’s greatest salesperson." Contestants must submit a 1-2 minute video in which they sell a common red brick! The winner gets a three-month fellowship at Ogilvy, during which ... Read more
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
I just really enjoyed these two articles … so bear with me … I’m sharing them. Both relate to memorable, durable marketing. Easy lifting for Monday. The first reports on a survey conducted for Forbes on the most memorable fictional brand spokespeople (often spokescreatures!) ... Read more
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Sorry to start the new year (and decade) with a downer of a headline, but there’s a silver lining here … it can only get better! Pew Research recently asked Americans for their "overall impression" of the last five decades. Here are full results. As you see, the 2000s ... Read more
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
The Agitator has few traditions at this point. But here is one of them. For our third Christmas, we urge you to get into a mirthful holiday mood by listening to this unforgettable rendition of O Holy Night. AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_1 ... Read more
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Nancy Schwartz, our friend at Getting Attention, is running her now-annual "best nonprofit tagline" contest. It’s fun to see the "best" and, well, "not so best" out there … and learn from both. Here from Nancy are the details for this year’s ... Read more
