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International Fundraising Consultancy

International Fundraising Consultancy

First Friday - post Election meeting at The Hub Kings Cross on 7 May...

Winners and losers all are invited to the next free fundraising clinic at The Hub Kings Cross, 34B York Way, London to discuss your post-election fundraising questions.

Speaking after Archbishop Desmond Tutu…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu opened the AFP International Fundraising Conference in Baltimore with a wonderfully funny and heartfelt address.

First Friday – this Friday 9 April at The Hub!

Due to the Easter bank holiday the IFC’s free fundraising clinic has been moved to this coming Friday 9 April.

Consequences...

I was chatting to my barber about QR Codes a few weeks ago, and he chatted to a friend and she loved the idea and has just incorporated the QR Codes into her designs at Manbagcompany.com and created a

The Art of Storytelling – why it works for fundraisers…

Over the years I have been profoundly concerned with understanding why people give, and how I can bring them to the understanding that they should give to some of the most unpopular causes.

You missed a great First Friday yesterday – never mind there is one every first Friday of the month…

It is said that a problem shared is a problem halved, and if you add tea, cake and some expert advice all for free it is probably quartered!

When I hear the word innovation I reach for my gun – ok so my holster is pretty worn out but …

Why do grant-makers:

1. prefer innovation to ‘tried and trusted’,
2. then decline truly innovative projects because the results are uncertain,

Avaaz online campaigners become top donors…

Avaaz is a fine example of a brilliantly conceived virtual organisation which has created a huge campaigning community then leverage that into a massive fundraising capability - see www.avaaz.org and

Does your organisation have a master IT back-up plan?

Recently our old to new server migration began to affect our Blackberries ability to receive email and our Intranet went down, which gave us an insight into the problems of interlinked systems.

Is your online bookstore accessible and comprehensive?

Recently, I asked you and other friends for your favourite fundraising books to go in our bookstore, and we have grouped them all at www.internationalfundraisingconsultancy.com/bookstore.php in an eas

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