Category of blogposts: communication

Time for your Fundraising Oddity

By Derek Humphries • May 21, 2013

Time for your Fundraising Oddity

By the time you read this, Commander Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) and his rather handsome moustache will have been back on our blue planet for a …

4 Lessons in Engagement From a Shack in the Woods

By Margaux Smith • April 22, 2013

4 Lessons in Engagement From a Shack in the Woods

The greatest job I ever had was working for the Wild Bird Care Centre in a small, log cabin in a forest just …

I decided not to cancel – but for how long?

By Lucy Gower • April 18, 2013

I decided not to cancel – but for how long?

My last blog was a bit of a rant. It was a rant because I was really cross with a charity that I had …

‘Habemus Papam’: how religious fundraisers get it right!

By Patrice Simonnet • April 11, 2013

‘Habemus Papam’: how religious fundraisers get it right!

A post fully inspired by one of the major events of the last weeks. Just because this could influence you as a fundraiser: the …

The power of video storytelling

By Jonathon Grapsas • March 21, 2013

The power of video storytelling

We all love watching a good video clip. In the last couple of years we’ve been captivated by the likes of charity:water, Kony, and …

How to Set Up a Donor-Centered Ask

By Siobhan Aspinall • March 14, 2013

How to Set Up a Donor-Centered Ask

A good major gifts fundraiser knows that an ask centers on the 5 R’s: the right person asking the right prospect for the right …

3 storytelling lessons

By Usha Menon • February 28, 2013

3 storytelling lessons

Here is an analogy to fundraising from the Sanskrit scriptures that I have derived many lessons from. It is about Ganesha and his brother …

The last word

By Sarah Clifton • December 17, 2012

The last word

This is the very last 101fundraising blog post of 2012 and incidentally also our 200th. It therefore seems doubly appropriate to round out the …

Partnerships bring out the allround fundraiser in you!

By Elsbeth Takkenberg • November 12, 2012

Partnerships bring out the allround fundraiser in you!

One week before I had my first day at work at the Cancer Center Amsterdam of VUmc in April this year, my new colleague …

Cry me a river: WHY and HOW emotions can save fundraising and the non profit world

By Francesco Ambrogetti • November 5, 2012

Cry me a river: WHY and HOW emotions can save fundraising and the non profit world

When was the last time you had a discussion with your board or with communication colleagues because they felt that the images of the …