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How are those 09’s crunch time budgets shaping up?

Having seen quite a few clients stressing with the hard task of future guessing next years figures, some traits are becoming clear.

IFC crawls out of Google’s sandpit and here’s how…

Regular readers of this blog (yes, you are not alone) may recall how when we moved from www.ifc.tc as our host to www.internationalfundraisingconsultancy.com we dropped off the Google search engines r

Obama - world's greatest fundraiser?

The speed and duration of Obama’s fundraising has staggered commentators around the world.

Gordan’s group hug wins the day…

Drat, instead of watching the world’s financial markets collapse back into ground zero, I’m going to have to watch Jamie Oliver this evening.

Brown bets the house…. But there is a better way!

Well not his house, but maybe yours and mine. The only good news I can see is that interest rates are falling by 0.5% - not enough but on their way.

Charity budgets and the credit crunch…

There are signs now that the crunch is, and should be, affecting the current budget process many of us are going through.

Focusing on the fundraising crunch...

Working with a client’s focus group recently, I was eager to learn how crunch times would possibly affect their giving.

IFC falls into the dreaded 'sandbox'...

Charities should beware Google's 'sandbox' when they change their url. Merely linking the old url to their site's new host, may push them into the 'sandbox'.

Mandie McKeown arrested in Beijing

A brave fundraiser not afraid to take action for the Tibetan cause, Mandie was arrested filming the unfurling of a Tibetan flag.

Fancy a Ferrari? Havens Hospice raises funds very fast…

It seems there are more boy (and girl) racers out there than you can shake a gear stick at, and they will pay good money to test out a Ferrari.

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