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Hiring good fundraisers: Do you look for CVs with the 000 factor? 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
I was speaking to a friend the other day – who used to be a fundraiser and is now a top-notch, specialist recruitment consultant for fundraisers – about what we’d like to improve in fundraising. We ha...
Too busy for the real strategic priorities? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
This is a blog special for fundraising managers (and for fundraisers who have the ambition to take over the position of their manager as soon as possible….). I’m going to convince you that, unless you...
Benchmarking and Goal Setting – Is Second Best, Best? 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
My friend Marianne accused me of living in “Karen Land,” a place where everything is perfect and there are no obstructions to success. “The rest of us,” she said, “live in reality.” She’s right. Wh...
Fundraising Insights from India 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Today is the 67th Independence Day of India. Such milestones are good time to reflect on the past and forecast the way forward. Hence I will focus on fundraising insights from India, one of the countr...
Mending a Broken Relationship 12 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
It’s tragically ironic that ‘Relationship Fundraising’ comes of age in a year when donor retention is at an all time low. When Ken Burnett published his book 21 years ago his definition read: “Relati...
How are you managing the Donor Journey? 8 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
I spend my life ‘on the road’ visiting many different countries and cultures every year and having the huge privilege of experiencing the constantly changing and evolving fundraising sector at work. E...
Being beneficiary focused 5 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
A lot of people in our sector wax lyrical about being donor focused/donor centred/<insert some other supporter centric jargon>. Don’t get me wrong. For many, or even a lot of you, your supporters are...
Giving in the name of… 1 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Last week, a friend of mine queued for more than one hour to get me a surprising present: a soft drink! Since then, I’ve been thinking how this could be an inspiring idea for us fundraisers! Consider...
30 Letters That Changed the World 29 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
I think that if I was writing fiction instead of remembering something that happened, I would never have given her that dress. – Alice Munro, “Voices” We’re in the high holy days of cottaging in Onta...
If you would like to be sent a thank you, please tick this box 25 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
When did thank you become so difficult? For years, the top 250 charities in the UK have been receiving over 90% of donations made, and yet donor attrition rates are holding steady between 15 and 35 p...
