How to collaborate successfully for greater impact
Managing one culture is tricky enough but what about when two or more organisations want to work together to achieve a shared outcome? How can…
Tag: interaction
How can fundraising thrive in Brazil?
What is interesting about a country where the giving culture is still developing? A country with thousands of non-profits, many of them volunteer-based and some…
Why getting together is good for fundraising
There was once a piano in the centre of the bar in the hotel where we gathered to share fundraising stories. As the night wore…
A Privileged, Middle-Aged, White, Male Has Views on Diversity
I’m not even sure I should be doing this. And that’s part of the problem. You see, while it’s not at all hard for me…
How’s your persecution complex? Mine’s doing fine, thanks.
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…
A simple, unconditional, heart-felt, genuine “thank you”
I am a numbers nerd; the queen of testing. I have passionate love affairs with databases. And even though, over the years, I’ve done every…
Integrated campaigning: throw away the best practices
Show me a fundraiser who thinks they’ve solved integrated campaigning and I’ll show you someone who whistles past the graveyard. What exactly constitutes an integrated…
Phone first!
As a relationship professional, I’m a big fan of Alexander Graham Bell’s electronic speech machine(*), the latter-day telephone. My mantra when communicating with major donors:…