As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in my pajamas, slowly adjusting back to Eastern Standard Time after a week in the Netherlands. I just had the incredible honour of attending the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) Read more…
The theme of this year’s IFC conference is ‘Asking the Right Questions’. As someone who spends most of his time working with UK charities I don’t think there has ever been a better time to Read more…
Several years ago I went through a hefty psychometric evaluation for a role I was interviewing for. It was a great experience that left me with a fifty page document all about me and how Read more…
Non-profits are no longer guaranteed a free lunch. We have to work harder than ever to raise the funds we need, which — as we have seen in many instances around the world — leaves Read more…
What image do you have of the Middle East? Watch the television or read the news and you are likely to see bombs and bullets, injured children and the shifting sands of multiple war zones. Read more…
On a sunny afternoon in 1998, my progress along a central Brighton street was interrupted in a way that ended up changing the course of my own life, as well as heralding a step change Read more…
There will be hard questions asked about our sector and I wanted to take a crack at one of them: “If it’s true that one size does NOT fit all donors, and we have limited Read more…
The theme of this year’s IFC is asking the right questions. So here is my question: What is fundraising success? The answer is obvious surely? It’s how much money we raise. Success is based on Read more…
