Agent Mark: Field report from Jamaica
I’m just back from filming our first international video documentary on a non profit in Jamaica and every time I return from working on a new project – whether its helping a client with their project or getting involved first hand – I am reminded exactly why I became an [...]

From time to time, we are fortunate to have “The Godfather of Good”, Agent David Love, guest blog for Agents of Good. Thanks Agent David!
“… and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.”
Learning All the Time

We learn new things about planned giving all the time. Probably the [...]

(With some apologies to the Norweigian Curling Team-jl)
This is an open letter to Executive Directors, Board Chairs and anyone in leadership positions in charities who sign fundraising appeals. It’s not my job to write appeals that sound like you. It’s my job to write appeals that engage your donors and raise you money. So here [...]

For those of you who follow me or Agents of Good on twitter, you may have noticed an increase in frustration with people who don’t add positive value to our daily working lives. And, strangely enough, those who seem to add the most negative value, seem to be the most popular. And that’s fine. Anyone [...]

One (just one of many!) cool things about twitter is following people who provide constant inspiration to the work we do every day. Inspiration can come in many forms of course but when it arrives in bits of useful tips – well – it can be priceless.
I’ve been following John Bethel for some time now [...]

“Your mission, Agents of Good, is to create a thoughtful and inspiring donor-centred report.” – Interval House, September 2009
Agent Jen, Mark and John reporting for duty. Debrief and disclosure on a successful mission.

About You
Interval House’s 2009 Report is so donor-centred that it isn’t even an Annual Report: it’s a Gratitude Report. Our vision was donors [...]

Today I am thrilled to post this new entry by the Executive Director of the Conservation Foundation of Greater Toronto and Agent of Good operative, David Love. For those of you who know David, he needs no introduction – and there is none that I could provide that would do him the justice that his [...]

Agent Jen Love is firmly a 21st century digital gal. But I have an unexplainable predilection for Titanic references. No, I’m not talking about “I’m the king of the world”. I mean the real Titanic. The big boat. That sunk.
Here are 5 reasons I have a daily reason to reference the Titanic as a fundraiser:
1. [...]

Every time we turn around we are being told by the experts that we need to be blogging, be on twitter, dive into social media – and start making conversations and interacting with people – developing relationships. We are scolded and told we need we are not to be “all about me”. We are warned [...]

Here’s what you know: it’s way easier to raise money from people who have given to you before than to find a new donor.
Renewing your donors should take up a giant portion of your strategic focus, database analysis and campaign development.
You can raise a ton of money, gather insights into your donor file, convert your [...]