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On an eight seater tricycle made for fundraising events

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Charity bike rides usually consist of dozens or hundreds of people all heading off to cover mile after mile on their own two-wheel bicycles. But why stop at two wheels and one saddle?

Don’t let CharityGiving turn donors away from online giving

Blackbaud UK Online Giving Trends - average gift, 2010-2012

The recent news that online giving platform CharityGiving has been suspended<

Yoda takes to Twitter to dispense fundraising wisdom, he does

If you ever doubted the value of Twitter as a fundamental component of your professional fundraising development, prepare to think again.

Cancer Research UK's annual report as animated infographic

How do you make a charity's annual report interesting and get more people to read it? You could try emulating Cancer Research UK's approach.

How charities joined in the Twitter chat about the #RoyalBaby

The announcement yesterday morning that the Duchess of Cambridge had gone into labour generated extensive and excessive chatter on social media channels.

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on less successful fundraising charities

Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer - photo: oiyou on Flickr.com

This week's episode of BBC Radio 4's comedy programme 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' included a round in which the panellists were invited to suggest "some obscure charit

Launch of iRaiser to UK charities

Last week I attended the launch of a new digital fundraising platform iRaiser. It's not entirely new, as Adfinitas' iRaiser is already in use by 50 not-for-profits in Europe.

Some hashtags to follow during National Convention 2013

Hashtags - image:  iQoncept on Shutterstock

Whether you are attending National Convention this week in person or watching from afar, you can follow some of the discussions, resources quoted,

10 intriguing session titles at the 2013 National Convention

For once I've managed to plan my National Convention schedule in advance.

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