Giving / Philanthropy

I'm now officially tired. My Nan used to tell me that I would get square eyes if I stared at the TV screen for too long. I can't imagine what she would think of our obsession with screens on everything today.

I’ve been poorly this week and missed out on lunch with one of my best business friends, a Baby Boomer like me.

Or maybe not like me at all?

If you have had enough of all the doom and gloom stories about falling income trends, lapsed major donors and cancelled direct debits I have just the thing to lift your spirits and make you smile.

Wow!  A veritable whirlwind of accusation and counter-punching has blown up over the last week or so following the publication of Intelligent Giving's research on face-to-face fundraising and the subsequent media coverage recommending that the public should avoid all chuggers. 

Apparently, charitable giving is going to decrease by some 5% in 2009 then fall another 3% the following year. It’s expected to recover in 2011.

Mal Warwick, and his CEO Dan Doyle, have just published an interesting piece on how to approach the recession.

This week, as part of a staff information day at The King's Fund, we held a marketplace activity. On the fundraising stall, I resorted to a questionnaire on giving with a prize draw to attract attention.

On Tuesday I attended two very different events with widely different perspectives on the economy.

I've met a lot of happy people here this morning following the US election result last night, which makes me wonder if anyone has tried timing a fundraising appeal to coincide with these occasional fe

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