At last month's Institute of Fundraising IT Special Interest Group Conference I met up with Richard McBriar of online charity raffle service Rogavi.com.
I still subscribe to the Harvard Business Review newsletters, partly because of my previous commercial careers but mostly because it continues to remind me how many issues and good ideas are shared between nfp and commercial organisations.
Professional Fundraising magazine is once again inviting votes in its 50 Most Influntial poll to try to determine the people who have the most impact on the way the fundraising sector operates and dev
I'd been in touch with John Carnell for some time online, having followed Bullying UK's willingness and ability to use new media tools in its fundraising and education work.
So read at least three red-top headlines this morning after yesterday's weather ground public transport and road networks alike to a halt. Working from home much of the time meant that I couldn't use the same excuse, unfortunately. However, I'm not sure that those in the charity sector are quite as ready to take a free day as the tabloids suggest.
I've received quite a few news releases about New Years Honours given to various charity staff and volunteers. I haven't yet spotted any given that mention fundraising achievements.
I recently wrote a blog article suggesting that managers often don't like the annual process of completing performance reviews. Form-filling, subjectivity and a lack of regular on-going feedback opportunities were all at the top of a recent survey as reasons why.
