Training

Jim Caldarola has been elected as Chair of Certified Fund Raising Executives (CFRE) International, the global provider of certification in professional fundraising.

Everyone needs training, whatever their job and whatever the level.

The FSI (The Foundation for Social Improvement) is once again offering up to 15 small charities the chance to benefit at no charge from a year-long programme of free consultancy-style, tailored hands-

Philanthropists Sigrid Rausing and Ram Gidoomal CBE, together with philanthropy researchers Dr Beth Breeze and Dr Stephen Beresford, will be speaking at the 2011 Raising funds from the Rich conference

The Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) and the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) are to run a programme of fundraising training days intended to build the fundraising skills of smaller organisations.

Charity First is a new range of fundraising guides from SPMfundessentials offering "practical and straightforward guidance" on the challenges affecting charities today.

The Resource Alliance, organiser of this week's annual International Fundraising Congress in Holland, is inviting proposals for presentations at the

Charity IT specialist, author and consultant Dr Peter Flory is to hold a one-day conference and master class on effective customer relationship management (CRM) in London next month.