Events

There are so many ways in which mobile phones can be used in fundraising. Here's another one combining challenge events, competitions, celebrities, online gaming, and geo-location.

The Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April is the opportunity for plenty of fundraising. Here are some of the initiatives we've spotted. What have we missed?

I work within the Digital Department at Cancer Research UK and my role is to get as many people as possible fundraising online.

Admittedly that headline reads like a rather cheesy commercial, but I think that's part of the attraction of this event. ActionAid is going to make the best out of one of the worst dates in the year.

Are you a schmoozer?  Do you use schmoozing to work a room full of potential donors or partners or just when attending an even or conference?  According to an article I saw recently, schmoozing is a vital networking skill and is not in fact a load of old cobblers!  The art of schmoozing is defined as:

“To converse informally, to chat, or to chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favour, business, or connections.”

Covering the distance in a half-marathon or marathon is a pretty impressive achievement.

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about some of the most useful things I'd learnt from attending the NFPTweetup meetings held in London. The eighth event was held on 15th September and, having had a couple of days to reflect on what we saw and discussed, I'd like to add the following three things to that list of useful learnings.

The Phone Room and Voice are joining the international community in celebrating the brand new Social Media Day just announced by Mashable, leading social media blog. We would like to invite you to join us in Oxford where we will show you current experiences and case studies of successful usage of new media in the sector. 

On the sidelines of the world cup games, some smaller games are being played for very noble ambitions.

Never knowingly underdone, the build up to the 2010 World Cup seems to have gone on forever in England.