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UK Fundraising is 15 years old today

UK Fundraising is 15 years old today! I wrote and uploaded the first HTML page - yes, the site started as a single page - on 30 November 1994.

Anatomy of a Twitter hashtag campaign for university fundraising

Yesterday saw an experiment to see how effective a campaign to promote giving to UK universities could be using Twitter hashtags (shared keywords).

Visiting libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

I heard on the radio this morning that more than 4,000 libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will allow people to borrow items from a public library regardless of where they live, under a n

Gift wrapped - especially for you

As it's my birthday today allow me to share a present with you - or at least some thoughts on

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  • The language of bequest

    We recently conducted research for the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Legacy Leaders that in part looked at the language donors used to describe their bequests.

    Consumer Trust in Charity brands

    For several months I have been talking with charities (and anyone who cared to listen) about the concept of brand credibility.  Historically we got hung up on raising brand awareness as the key catalyst to successful campaigning and fundraising.  But credibility is different.

    Time to nudge

    We are not far from embracing a whole load of nudges in legacies if we take Thaler and Sunstein’s book Nudge seriously.

    Average salaries: know your numbers

    Just what is a big salary?

    How to use sex to improve your fundraising

    Recent research from the University of Kent has suggested that some of the techniques we might associate with the more cheesy end of consumer advertising might actually help to support fundraising campaigns.

    Your UK Fundraising

    UK Fundraising - improving the effectiveness of charity and non-profit fundraisers

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