It’s how you show it that counts
Information is Beautiful have produced their first animations. As we've seen, statistics can bog down and destroy…
Donor needs
Have a great christmas
I've a couple of posts that still can't get from my brain to the interweb and, quite…
Whatever Jumo is, it isn’t magic
I'm sure people sometimes confuse me with Harry Potter. They invite me in to discuss a new…
Online donors are old-fashioned too
A particularly interesting report has just been published by Network for Good andTruesense Marketing. It looks at…
Taking protesting from the streets to Facebook
There are many ways to protest and with things like Facebook around, you don't neceassrily have to…
What makes a good banner ad?
I can't think of any areas of fundraising where simple and engaging propositions don't work – and…
Fundraising isn’t a matter of life and death. It’s much more important than that
When fundraisers get together and start dreaming of which organisations they'd like their charities to emulate, it's…
Are you Luke or Yoda?
Donors need motivating, and great storytelling is a rather effective technique to cut through jargon, bringing visions…
You cannot not communicate
“You cannot not communicate. Every behaviour is a kind of communication. Because communication does not have a…
What’s the point of branding?
So you've got a brand. You've brainstormed with stakeholders, you've paid many thousands of pounds for a…
How should we defend face-to-face fundraising?
During my recent break from blogging, I've been keeping an eye on the debate about face-to-face fundraising.…
Flashfunding – donor power in action
I’ve mentioned lendwithcare.org before. Rather than ask people to give money to charity, lendwithcare.org gives people a…
The Essentials
Crack the Code to Regular Giving: Insights, Strategies, and a Special Giveaway!
‘Tis Halloween. Keep to the light and beware the Four Fundraisers of the Apocalypse!
Why do people give? The Donor Participation Project with Louis Diez.
A guide to fundraising on the back of a postcard
What does the latest research tell us about the state of fundraising?