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How charities joined in the Twitter chat about the #RoyalBaby

Published on 23 July 2013, by howardlake
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The announcement yesterday morning that the Duchess of Cambridge had gone into labour generated extensive and excessive chatter on social media channels.

Is it possible to treat a Trust like a Major Donor?

Published on 22 July 2013, by guest_blogger
Coffee cup and jug

Would you like your trust fundraising results to grow?

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

Published on 22 July 2013, by howardlake
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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

Published on 14 July 2013, by howardlake
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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.

Feasibility studies - don't run a big appeal without one!

Published on 11 July 2013, by simongeorge
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I recently came across a charity that has been running a £3 million appeal for new facilities that has now got stuck.

Enough buzzwords - more action!

Published on 11 July 2013, by kevin baughen
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I followed the Institute of Fundraising National Convention’s twitter stream with interest last week and was, like many of my friends and colleagues in the sector, amazed at just how many times certain words, phrases or ideas came to the fore.

Lucy Gowar’s latest blog sums it up nicely around the use of the word innovation every other sentence!

Could the slowly growing craze of “Cash Mobs” inspire “Cause Mobs”?

Published on 9 July 2013, by johnthompson
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A “cash mob” involves a group of people coming together en masse to spend an agreed amount at a local independent shop.

We cannot fundraise alone

Published on 1 July 2013, by Alan Clayton
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For our fundraising teams 2013 has already been a year of tremendous learning.  But the biggest, conclusive, insight so far is this:

We cannot fundraise alone.

Some hashtags to follow during National Convention 2013

Published on 29 June 2013, by howardlake
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,

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