Matthew Ide's Posts
Value of million-pound donations falls by £236 million
December 12, 2011The total value of UK charitable donations of more than £1m fell by 15 per cent this year, according to the fourth annual Coutts Million Pound Donors report.
The report, by Beth Breeze, researcher at the Centre for Philanthropy, Humanitarianism and Social Justice at the University of Kent, says that the total amount of known donations worth £1m [...]
High Net Worth Individuals Resources, Philanthropy Resources
Reporting from the AFP Toronto Congress..
December 5, 2011Tony delivered the closing plenary and a sell-out workshop on creativity. While he was there the Conference TV crew did a short video interview that has some insights you might find interesting. You can watch Tony’s interview here.
You can also find out more about the congress on the AFP Toronto website.
Autumn conference season..
October 20, 2011THINK’s very own Tony Elischer is in the middle of a busy autumn conference season, delivering keynote presentations at the IFC in the Netherlands, the Scottish IoF Conference in Glasgow and the AFP Convention in Toronto. We hope you manage to catch up with one of his sessions or to perhaps catch some of the [...]
Institute of Fundraising Scotland Conference
October 4, 2011On 25th and 26th October THINK will play a prominent role in the biggest annual gathering of fundraisers in Scotland.
Tony Elischer will open the Institute of Fundraising Scotland Conference with his plenary session on Futurology, sharing his thinking on trends, opportunities and predictions for the future. He will share his thoughts on what [...]
THINK sponsors new book ‘Up Smith Creek’
September 28, 2011George Smith enjoyed many years as a much loved and looked-forward to columnist of several leading trade journals, particularly Direct Response and Professional Fundraising magazines and the cryptically-named Local Government News. From time to time he’d also pen a piece for national organs and so there’s an article included here fromNew Society and another from The Financial Times, plus [...]
THINK’s IoF Convention Community presentations now available online..
July 8, 2011We hope you all enjoyed the IoF National Convention held in London this week….we certainly did! Three of our consultants were presenting this year and as part of our commitment to sharing knowledge and information, we thought we’d let you take another (or indeed first!) look at what was presented over the three days.
COMMUNITY STRATEGIC [...]
THINK’s IoF Convention Digital presentations now available online..
We hope you all enjoyed the IoF National Convention held in London this week….we certainly did! Three of our consultants were presenting this year and as part of our commitment to sharing knowledge and information, we thought we’d let you take another (or indeed first!) look at what was presented over the three days.
Digital fundraising
Both [...]
One week to go for the IoF Convention and THINK is busy…
June 28, 2011Our very own Digital Director Jason Potts is involved in two sessions:
on Tuesday at 12.00 noon, he is chairing the online fundraising showcase. This 90 minute session looks at what digital tricks and trends we can learn from the corporate [...]
THINK Consulting Solutions is delighted to announce the appointment of Mafe Marwick, joining the team as a senior consultant
December 15, 2010THINK Consulting Solutions is delighted to announce the appointment of Mafe Marwick who will be joining the team in early 2011 as a Senior Consultant.
After 10 years at CHILDREN 1ST, Mafe is joining THINK from March 2011. In addition to drawing on her in-depth knowledge of the Scottish fundraising market, Mafe will take on assignments [...]
THINK launches IPI Training to help charities inspire and win new support from major donors and companies
November 25, 2010In response to many clients looking for new ways to sharpen and transform their communications skills, THINK has introduced IPI training; quite simply tailored training courses and coaching on how to Inspire, Persuade and Inform. Communication has always been central to any business and is possibly even more demanding in the not-for-profit sector, but there [...]
Charities, Corporate Fundraising, General Fundraising, High Net Worth Individuals, Strategy
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