Blogs in April, 2010
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Loading ...So you think you’re in control?
April 26, 2010After the last few days it is clear that nature rules the world and man can think whatever he likes, but he will never reverse that situation! As one of estimated 150,000 Britons abroad when the volcano erupted I faced the shock realisation that there was literally nothing I or anyone else could do to [...]
New Rapidata report sheds interesting light on direct debit cancellation rates
April 22, 2010The apparent reversion of 2009 cancellation rates to the pre-2007 levels and pattern is both encouraging and challenging. Encouraging, because it suggests that the future for direct debit regular giving – the mainstay of individual giving – may be brighter than we may have feared in recent years. Challenging, because we need to fully understand [...]
The talent desert – where are all the good fundraisers hiding?
April 21, 2010Are you finding that good fundraisers are becoming as elusive as six figure gifts? As managers in the voluntary sector, we know that our teams are our most important asset. Without the right calibre of people it is virtually impossible to deliver on organisational strategies and priorities. Nowhere is this more true than in fundraising [...]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)UK wealthy feeling more generous
Donations to UK charitable trusts have more than tripled in the first quarter of this year to £70m (€79m), as the nation’s wealthy, cheered up at the prospect of economic recovery, start digging deep according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
In the first quarter of 2010, CAF opened 51 new Charitable Trust Accounts with a [...]
Breaking with tradition
April 19, 2010A thought that has been exercising my mind a lot recently is the question: how much of the income that is being raised digitally would have been raised anyway. In other words, to what extent is digital becoming a convenient way of paying rather than a means of stimulating new giving?
It seems to me that [...]
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