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November 21, 2024

How Supporter Welcome Journeys Can Boost Your Fundraising Income

Personalised event experiences can turn attendees into loyal supporters by making them feel individually valued and connected to your charity’s goals. When planning fundraising events, incorporating small personal touches—before, during, and after the event—can boost engagement and strengthen long-term commitment.

Let’s explore how you can create memorable, tailored experiences at each stage of your event to build deeper connections and lasting support for your cause.

November 13, 2024

How to Create Personalised Fundraising Event Experiences for Attendees

Personalised event experiences can turn attendees into loyal supporters by making them feel individually valued and connected to your charity’s goals. When planning fundraising events, incorporating small personal touches—before, during, and after the event—can boost engagement and strengthen long-term commitment.

Let’s explore how you can create memorable, tailored experiences at each stage of your event to build deeper connections and lasting support for your cause.

November 11, 2024

A Letter To Your Boss

As a fundraiser working in the philanthropy space, I am very excited by every single session happening at Trusts and Major Donors 2024.

This year’s conference will focus on practical skills (following feedback from last year’s shindig). 

The curators have been very intentional in matching speakers to topics.  Beth and Caroline have been doing this work for a long time.  They know the state of the sector and have both done major gifts and trust fundraising successfully in a number of different settings.

October 31, 2024

Sarah Tite Responds to Fundraising Everywhere’s Research Report

As a One of Many™ certified leadership coach and trainer, Sarah Tite brings together many years of leadership experience with tools and techniques that help people face challenges with confidence. She is Director of Sarah Tite Coaching Ltd.

I was excited to have an opportunity to read and reflect on the findings of this important piece of research.

September 3, 2024

5 Ways Fundraisers Can Get Their Co-Workers Interested In Fundraising

Fundraising challenges come at you from all directions.

Sometimes the most disheartening and difficult challenge is the resistance you might receive from your co-workers. At some stage you’ve probably witnessed the other staff in your charity complain about fundraising or felt their lack of support and interest. You might even have felt alone in your organisation. Look around the staff meeting…are you the only fundraiser?

It doesn’t have to be us and them.

With a bit of ‘internal marketing’ you can get your co-workers on your side… and even get them happily fundraising for you. Here are five tips:

August 1, 2024

Strategies for Small Charity Leaders

Feeling overwhelmed as a small charity leader? Discover essential strategies from David Page of Triceratops Training to tackle leadership challenges and burnout. Learn the importance of professional support, proactive help, and leveraging community connections. Connect with networks like Fundraising Everywhere and local CVS or VSO for crucial resources. Read more for valuable insights.

July 12, 2024

Navigating Tough Times: Solutions for Individual Giving Fundraisers

Hey Individual Giving fundraiser,

We know it’s a tough fundraising landscape out there with continued economic uncertainty among everything else.

But, as ever, we’re here to help you navigate these choppy waters with confidence and optimism.

Individual Giving Conference 2024 is back in October!

Before we get onto the specifics, we wanted to share something important with you first.

June 3, 2024

Engagement actions: build relationships and boost giving

It’s easy to get caught up in our organisation’s needs when talking to supporters. Please give us money, please support our campaign. But to develop a strong, deep and long lasting relationship, we need to consider supporters’ needs too.

Yes, that absolutely means you should be sending loyalty emails to show how their support is making a difference. For example, how you spent their money or how they contributed to a campaign win. But you shouldn’t stop there. So what’s one simple, yet really effective, thing that could take your supporter experiences and relationships to the next level? Engagement actions.

April 30, 2024

A Letter Of Support

We wanted to take a minute to say, fundraising leaders, we see you.

In the ever-changing landscape of charity work and fundraising, you know better than most that leadership isn’t just about steering the ship; it’s about guiding the crew through storms with courage and compassion.

It’s not about having all the answers, but fostering collaboration, empowering others, and harnessing the unique strengths of everyone.