Nick Burne's Posts
Meningitis Trust launch ‘life saving’ iPhone App
September 2, 2010Yesterday the Meningitis Trust launched the world’s first Meningitis App and THINK Consulting is very proud to have been the team behind developing the app, with our digital services business.
The Trust, which has more experience than any other UK meningitis charity of supporting people whose lives have been destroyed by the disease, is leading the world thanks [...]
What can we learn about donors from JustGiving?
July 27, 2010I wrote a post earlier this year to try and explain why I think peer-to-peer sponsorship platforms are a bit mis-understood.
So while I was at the IOF National Convention earlier this month it was great to see there was a session from Jonathan Waddingham, Digital Strategist at JustGiving. There were lots of interesting stats about [...]
A website is not a digital fundraising strategy
May 11, 2010I’ve been reminded lately of how much we digital marketers focus on websites. If you’ve ever been involved in a website design or development project, you’ll know that they are fraught with complexity and frustration. You see with websites your internal department structures can’t hide and so, for example, when you design your homepage there [...]
3 really nice supporter service social web applications
February 18, 2010A lot of commercial websites are starting to use pre-built web applications to help them support their customers and offer a more social customer experience. But I haven’t seen many charities using them!
Pre-built web applications mean that you can get up and running immediately with no development costs or time consuming projects. The applications are [...]
Optimisation is the new cash cow
January 7, 2010We all know what web 2.0 is, don’t we? But the more I think about it, the more I think optimisation is the next big thing when it comes to websites. As growth in internet penetration slows, converting the traffic your website is getting into meaningful actions will be where the focus lies.
Unfortunately, all too [...]
Peer to peer fundraising platforms
August 28, 2009A lot of the charities I am working with are debating the various merits of peer to peer fundraising platforms (sponsoring a friend online). Much of the debate focuses around which is better – a peer to peer fundraising platform that is integrated into a charity’s website (such as Artez, who THINK work with quite [...]






