Training

Admit it. Sometimes you feel discouraged and maybe even a little annoyed when a big charity shares their latest fundraising innovation.

When I was 18 my employer sent me on an Outward Bound course to Aberdovey, in Wales, in winter. It sorted me out; made a man of me. I loved every minute of it.

Howard Lake spoke on "Using Twitter to increase event participation" at Classic Tours' one-day seminar on new technology and social media in London on 13 November 2012.

In the words of Ant watching Susan Boyle's performance on Britain's Got Talent;

You didn't expect that did you, no?

I'm loving the St John's Ambulance First Aid campaign for exactly that reason.  Using shock tactics for the sake of it or being controversial just to get a reaction aren't the most successful ways to endear audiences to our cause but confounding expectations is something different altogether.

After another record-breaking year (quite literally – we broke the world record for the most people doing the agadoo!) I am home and putting into practise some of the very best learning and developmen

Maggie’s Centres are for anyone affected by cancer.

The number of mentoring schemes available to fundraisers is growing, a most encouraging development.

This week the annual CHASE event and exhibition took place in London.

It’s a simple enough premise. If your customers, supporters or volunteers ‘speak’ with you about their needs, wants or a complaint, pay attention! It’s about having good internal communications and this means putting in place both the means for your people to communicate as well as nurturing the will for your colleagues to communicate with each other for everyone’s benefit.

Here are some fundraising books that are due for release in 2012. You can pre-order them via Amazon.co.uk or just wait for them to come out.