General Fundraising
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Loading ...Story-telling: A new approach or a timely reminder?
May 13, 2011Have you noticed that every conference you go to, many blogs and lots of training courses are now heavily promoting ‘story-telling’? It’s the new buzz phrase that aims to get fundraisers to revisit the needs, programmes and visions of their organisations and, on that basis, we love it! The good old fundraising cycle starts from [...]
Turning donors into fans
April 18, 2011In many of the focus groups that I run for different charities I’ve tended to spot three broad types of supporters: acquaintances, friends and fans. Acquaintances tend to have a passing knowledge of the charity, are relatively warm to the charity but probably give to many organisations at a similar level. They are also relatively [...]
Community Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving
The Central 21st Century Fundraising Quest
March 30, 2011Over the last fifteen years the momentum has been growing around the quest for a truly holistic view of the donor capable of driving an integrated marketing approach; drawing together a comprehensive view of a supporter’s transactions, behaviours and motivations. Many commercial suppliers have promoted their data and software products on delivering this ‘holy grail’ [...]
General Fundraising, High Net Worth Individuals, Individual Giving
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 [...]
Charitable giving is on the up according to new research
December 6, 2010Donations made by the UK public to charity rose by £400 million last year to a total of £10.6 billion, according to the latest research into charitable giving habits from NCVO, in partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
Their report, UK Giving 2010, also found the number of people giving has risen to 56%, an [...]
Charity Trends, General Fundraising, Individual Giving, Recession
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
Giving in Switzerland unaffected by economic crisis
October 27, 2010Figures recently published by Swiss charity quality mark ZEWO this month, suggest that the economic crisis did not affect giving in Switzerland in 2009 as heavily as expected, as income to its members is holding steady.
Around CHF 2.83 billion (£1.84 billion/$2.87 billion) was donated to the 457 ZEWO member charities in 2009, an 8% increase on [...]
Charity Trends, Corporate Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving, Recession
Ho ho ho…Happy Christmas!
September 21, 2010You always know Christmas is coming when the charity Christmas catalogues start to arrive! I have two on my desk – UNICEF’s and the British Red Cross’ offerings. I’ve not spotted many Christmas cards in charity shops yet or indeed in any commercial shops.
Many charities have pulled ‘brac’ on their trading offers of late in [...]
Community Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving
Sun is shining…
September 1, 2010The vagaries of the British summer have set me thinking about what impact the weather has on the public’s propensity to give. Obviously weather affects any outdoor fundraising events where ‘on the day’ participation is key to raising money. But more broadly I wonder if supporters respond more positively to asks when the sun is shining [...]
Community Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving
It’s time to behave like Fast Moving Consumer Goods in our fundraising
August 26, 2010I predict that the biggest charity in the UK in 2020 doesn’t even exist yet. How can that be? Well, we often follow the commercial sector and look at the most rapidly growing corporates today. Facebook is only five years old and Google ten.
Why do I say that the same thing could happen in the charity [...]
Community Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving
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