Management

The first survey for the new Philanthropic Giving Index has found that the UK's top fundraising directors rate e-mail and Web fundraising as the least successful in a range of fundraising techniques.<

International Christian charity BibleLands has appointed Alison MacTier to its newly created post of Communications Resources Co-ordinator.

Volinfo is the new name for the group for people providing or managing information in the voluntary sector, such as librarians, information managers, information officers, and resource centre managers.

Mal Treharne is the new Managing Director at the Rural Regeneration Unit (RRU), the offshoot of the Countryside Alliance that is dedicated to finding practical solutions to challenges facing rural economies and society.

He will take up the post at the RRU's Strategic IT Centre at Hagley in the West Midlands on 1 November 2003.

The organisers of the Fundraising Management conference in April 2004 have published their first e-mail newsletter with details.

Fundraising directors at the UK's top 250 charities ranked by income have expressed their lowest levels of confidence to date on their ability to generate income.

Professional Fundraising magazine and Company Solutions (UK) Ltd have announced a new annual conference for fundraising managers in April 2004.

The organisers of 'Fundraising Management 2004' say that it will be an annual event at London's Hammersmith Novotel.

Mike Hudson's new book 'Managing at the Leading Edge' argues that the US non-profit sector could learn alot from the UK voluntary sector.

Hudson argues that UK voluntary organisations' experience of involving users
in service delivery and policy making, and the development of sector infrastructure in the UK should be of considerable interest to the US non-profit sector.

CTC, the national cyclists' organisation, has this week launched a new insurance policy aimed at all those organising a cycling event or ride.

The new insurance policy was developed against the backdrop of 670,000 personal injury claims made in the UK last year.

Popular business accounting package QuickBooks is now available in a version customised specifically for UK charities and not-for-profits.