In his latest blog, fundraising guru Ken Burnett has created his fundraising dream team for UK charities. Whilst he has named a few of the great and good names we may already know, of most interest to me was the actually roles he describes which constitute a great team.
Recently our old to new server migration began to affect our Blackberries ability to receive email and our Intranet went down, which gave us an insight into the problems of interlinked systems.
If the number of current job adverts for corporate fundraisers is any indicator, many charities are increasingly looking to larger donations to help meet income shortfalls caused by the recession. But, according to an article in Third Sector magazine, charities just aren’t sophisticated enough in terms of their approach.
I’ve lost track how many times over the years I’ve been asked by prospective clients to provide consultancy on commission. It happened again recently and it’s always a bad sign, especially when it’s the first question! You just know it’s not a serious enquiry.
Several months ago I wrote a blog trying to simplify the choice charities faced regarding which online fundraising services to use.
I concluded then that all the major services add value, depending on what the charity is trying to achieve. What I couldn't see was a good reason why charities wouldn't use more than just the largest player, JustGiving.
According to various sources, a 'tweetup' is a physical meeting of those within the twitter community or who would like to know more about how to engage and hopefully benefit their not for profit organisations (the nfp bit).
