I’m lucky enough to work in an organisation (and a management team) where fundraising is seen as an essential aspect of our daily work and our shared responsibility as leaders – to serve more children Read more…
Here we are, folks… the first Top 10 of 2017. Great stuff, as always! Looks like there’s a lot of interest in digital — as it should be! (1) 2017 Digital Outlook Report: 62 percent of Read more…
Here’s five ways charities can address out-of-hours social media work.
(Don’t worry, we’ll be back to real blogs next week.) Funny how things sometimes come full circle. As we’re working on transitioning the 101fundraising site to reflect The Resource Alliance’s new role as its caretakers, Read more…
Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to a year full of hope and promise, dreams fulfilled, goals met and new ones set. As you know, the original 101fundraising team has passed the considerably weighty baton Read more…
Dear readers. This is the last blog post from the original 101 team. As per 1 January 2017 The Resource Alliance will take over ownership and management of our beloved 101 community. It has been Read more…
The final Top 10 of 2016. Simply an awesome list again. Superb content by great fundraisers. We have nothing to add. Read them all… Congrats to Matthew with the #1 position in the 4th quarter! (The Read more…
International Fundraising Congress, The Netherlands – The Resource Alliance is pleased to announce that as of 1 January 2017, it will take over respected fundraising blog 101fundraising (www.101fundraising.org). The blog, which was created by Dutch fundraising Read more…
And that was the third quarter already. You know what that means, right? The IFC is almost starting! Will we see you there? Congrats to Charlie with the #1 position this quarter. But there are Read more…
It’s half time. And I’m not talking about the European Football Championships. We’ve just concluded our second quarter. Again we have 10 gems for you. And Q2 shows us how international our crowdblog is with posts from Read more…
Dear fundraising friends, the first quarter is gone already. What a first 3 months it has been. We started the year with the very sad news that Tony Elischer passed away. In this fast moving world we Read more…
It’s exactly 5 years ago that Jeroen and I launched 101fundraising. Hip hip hooray! Yes, we are super proud, because 101 has exceeded everyone’s wildest imagination. Superb fundraising insights from almost 101 international bloggers have Read more…
Happy new year! We wish you the best 2016 you can imagine! Before we share the Top 50 best blog posts of 2015, we want to thank our readers, bloggers, donors and 101 team. First of all, Read more…
Just before the holiday season starts we want to present you the best blog posts of the last quarter. And they are good. Half of this Top 10 is in response to everything that is happening in the Read more…
A lot happens in one year… In 2014, I posted an article on the Top 5 Questions fundraisers should be asking in a job interview. Not realizing, at the time, I would get to put Read more…
Time flies when you’re having fun, right? We’ve rushed through the 3rd quarter and again we saw some spectacular posts coming by. We see some familiar names in the Top 10, and as always Charlie Read more…
The first 6 months are gone. How are you doing in your fundraising program? Are you on target? Yes? You must be a 101 reader! The 2nd quarter has brought us something unique. This quarter we Read more…
Hello everyone! The first Top 10 of 2015 is a fact. Again 10 awesome posts. With a range of interesting topics. What is your favorite? Congrats to Charlie for his #1 post about donor retention! We Read more…
Happy new year! We hope you have a terrific 2015! And we wish you health, happiness and heaps of fundraising success! Before we share the Top 50 best blog posts of 2014, let’s have a brief Read more…
The year comes to an end and we’re all in the holiday spirit! Time for one more Top 10… (BTW: next week we’ll publish our annual overview with the Best Blog Posts of 2014.) Before we look Read more…
“How can I ask others to give to a cause I believe in, if I do not give to it myself?” responded one fundraiser. I give “to support the mission and to be a role Read more…
Not one, not three, but FIVE new 101 bloggers made it to the Top 10 this quarter! Congratulations to Michael, Chantal, Richard, Tom and Laura! But the biggest congratulation of all goes to our very own Read more…
Whilst partaking in a fundraisers favourite pastime recently (glass in hand enjoying the sunshine), a friend and fundraising colleague posed a question I had never been asked before. We had been putting the world to rights as so often happens at these sort of things, before the gem of a question appeared. “Why do you love small charities?” he asked me with the serious yet inquisitive face he does so well.
I collected my thoughts for a moment, and mulled through the data. The data that tells us that there are 164,108 registered charities in the UK with over £62.5 billion in income. 93% of these charities rely on less than £500,000 per annum, leaving a staggering 89% of the annual income attributed to the 7% largest charities. (more…)
The second quarter we’ve seen 7 new bloggers. And Rory (2x!), Sean, Josh and Joe have jumped straight into the Top 10! We love new bloggers… Congrats to Reinier for the #1 spot this quarter. A must Read more…
