Blogs Archives

Jul 19, 2023

Five tweets for fundraisers for 19 July 2023

A rare Hobbit book, handwritten letters at scale with ChatGPT (of course), giving despite the cost of living crisis, new…

Apr 17, 2023

Sharing might be caring, but when it is sharing fundraising messages via social media and other channels, it can also…

Apr 17, 2023

Here’s a selection of tweets picked from the staggering (not in a good sense) framework of Twitter that might educate,…

Apr 13, 2023

All fundraising requires tech skills and tools, even the simplest face to face fundraising ask. Digital comms, a CRM, digital…

Mar 31, 2023

Generative AI presents considerable potential for fundraising by charities. But it also produces a huge range of challenges, some familiar…

Mar 17, 2023

What are early views, uses and expectations of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in the fundraising sector? Some people…

Mar 15, 2023

The new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill offers some good news for supporter recruitment, email communications and website engagement.…

Mar 15, 2023

Something happened on 30 November last year that will change all our lives as fundraisers. I’m not given to bombastic…

Feb 14, 2023

“The data is useful” or “the data are useful”. Which would you use? The Financial Times has just updated its…

Feb 06, 2023

The first in a series about books, journal articles, and reports that fundraisers might find inspiring. The discussion of core…

Jan 30, 2023

There are so many charity awareness days that it’s hard to keep track of them all. And they can be…

Jan 24, 2023

A bold move to educate the world as to why charities are shackled (and shackle themselves) and could achieve far…