It’s been a while since I’ve fallen in love with a new blog (over-exposure breeds cynicism I suppose), but I’ve just been turned on to The Agitator and I’m head over heels for it.
The Agitator is the blog of Roger Craver and Tom Belford, both of the well-known DC-based fundraising/marketing consulting firm Craver Matthews Smith. What I love is that they’re not afraid to challenge “conventional wisdom” of the nonprofit sector with respect, integrity and data.
For example, their most recent post, “Just Write The Check, Please” eloquently and respectfully sums up their misgivings with donor-centric (rather than cause-centric) thinking, currently riding a wave of popularity.
Digging through their archives, they’ve clearly got a great track record of politely but credibly calling out well intentioned but less-than-excellent ideas and also highlighting the really good stuff that’s out there.
Belford is non of those things here in Hawkes Bay NZ where he has had a blog and free paper called Bay Buzz since 2007 when he got involved with local Napier halfwits and tried too orchestrate the outcomes of local Authority elections in 2007. He is an ultra ego
driven liar. He has cost NZ ratepayers and taxpayers mega bucks with his which hunts and rabble rousing. He has little credibility. You can have him back gift wrapped in a non returnable plastic bag.