The 12 days of christmas fundraising wishes …
On the 12th day of christmas, my true love gave to me…..well how about 12 christmas fundraising wishes…12 aspirations, 12 challenges. On the first day of christmas (etc etc etc)…..so […]
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To wait and wonder…
Endless love was found in a shoebox at a charity shop this week. The agonising letters of lost love, written during the war shine a light on how times have […]
Why isn’t there a Big Brother Big Sister in the Big Society?
If ever there was a time for a national, co-ordinated, mentoring volunteering movement, the time is now. But a quick web search tells a very different story. Take a look […]
Sometimes you don’t know the value of what’s in front of you….
Imagine that pretty, old, but not unremarkable object sat in the corner. I don’t mean your gran….I mean the 18th century ming vase worth £53 million that you didn’t know […]
Legacy effectiveness….result….
Its pretty tough to prove something in advertising isn’t it? That’s why the IPA Effectiveness awards exist. And the latest Remember a Charity legacy campaign put together by DDB and […]
The real IFC winner for 2010 is…authenticity..
The art of fundraising knows many ways to describe its power….passion, inspiration, courage, love. Sometimes the vehicle is the simple truth of authenticity. The 30th IFC in Holland last week […]
A vision isn’t a to do list….
Standing on the platform of my local station, I spotted this vision statement from the Fen Line Users Association. Its exciting stuff and made me think. This picture is page […]
The 6 leadership tips from a journey with a sat nav…
Have you ever driven a van around central london using a sat nav to get you from a to b? I wouldn’t want to do it every day but sometimes […]
Legacies are a conversation – not a hard sell…
‘Feet on the ground – soul in the sky’ said Virginia McKenna at the beginning of Remember a Charity’s awareness week. A perfect description of the yin and yang of […]
Why I resent not being thanked….
Ken Burnett contributed recently to a Third Sector article about donors being thanked, in response to a blogger who felt they shouldn’t – we know what side Ken would be on and […]