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An open letter to The Charity Commission’s William Shawcross

Daily Telegraph news item on charity salaries

Dear Mr Shawcross

It’s shocking: how we use imagery in fundraising

The debate about the use of allegedly shocking imagery in fundraising is not new. I realised
recently that it’s almost 20 years since I gave a plenary presentation at the Institute of Fundraising

How an egg McMuffin and @hardlynormal reminded me of the foundations of fundraising

You know the scene. A slightly upmarket café. Metropolitan types sip pricey coffee while in earnest discussion over their laptops. One of them was me, when along came the interruption.

Anatomy of an emergency DRTV campaign for Haiti

The much overdue second part of a new A-Z of creative fundraising…

It’s hard to be creative without a deadline. Although this is true, it’s also a fairly limp excuse for why this has taken me a while to post. Let me know if it was worth the wait…

On behalf of The Donor, thank you

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Well knock me down with a copy of the donor’s charter, y’all did it!

Most influential? The Donor needs your vote…

Time to enrich yourself

A week ago I had never used the word enrichment. I now use it at least 20 times a day. Here’s why…

Stop being so reasonable and give me a chainsaw…

The long deep call of an orangutan male echoes across the valley. The sun is slowly burning off the mist to reveal the lavish forest. Tap, tap, tap goes my keyboard.

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