
10 Rules for Ending, Starting and Ending a Fundraising Financial Year
I tell a story in my workshops about the 9 month fundraising year. It goes like this. You start the year shattered. Its been a drain. So, time for some […]
I tell a story in my workshops about the 9 month fundraising year. It goes like this. You start the year shattered. Its been a drain. So, time for some […]
As the clock struck 12 and the new year ticked in, and in the aftermath of that midnight moment, you will have reflected. Year in and year out are natural […]
I saw a session once at a conference once upon a time where people tried to pitch, in that way in our head we all think of as a […]
Purpose is hot right now. Like someone woke up one day and went ‘purpose….i’ll package that’. It’s everywhere in charity, business, marketing, branding and personal development. Rediscovered. And yet its […]
Once upon a time we called every fundraising product ‘athon’. Spellathon. Danceathon. Aerobathon. Easy world then, but now naming a product of activity can make or break its success, especially […]
Do you remember achieving something remarkable? Something that you had built, had changed? For some, achievements are huge…for some, small and every day. Connecting with what achievement feels and looks […]
When Remember a Charity was born, the founders took a leap of faith. With no immediate return they could see that working together, there was a chance that a campaign might […]
To make a change in legacies we need the right culture and the right leadership to make it happen. It’s about us personally but also our teams and our organisations […]
We need trustees. Good ones, calm ones, listening ones. But sometimes, some of our trustees believe weird things. Like conspiracy theories that gain currency, some trustees can interpret their understandable […]
A signature on a work of art can be a powerful statement. Or a name on the spine of a book. Or the credits rolling at the end of a […]