October 13, 2016
Hope, health, and the future of fundraising
Late last month, Priscilla Chan, MD and Mark Zuckerberg committed $3 billion to eradicate disease in their daughter’s lifetime. The statement they made is that…
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September 21, 2016
Expect the Unexpected
My father is now in his 80s and is very active. He sets himself targets during the day, which range from reciting poetry to listing…
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July 7, 2016
How Nonprofits Can Survive, and Even Thrive, During Tough Economic Times
With the recent Brexit vote, a recession seems practically imminent for our friends in the UK. While it may take years before Great Britain officially…
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June 9, 2016
I beg to differ
I'm often asked as a fundraiser if what I do is simply begging. The simple answer is no. As a fundraiser, we have one of…
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June 1, 2016
My boldest move? Making alumni volunteering really count
The site was brownfield, not green. Worse than nothing had been done. Alumni had been contacted, hopes raised, ideas explored, intermittent contact made. But then…
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May 16, 2016
City Connections: Join the Dots!
Whilst I welcome Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF’s) recent recommendation that FTSE 100 companies agree a standardised reporting metric to increase transparency and comparability of their…
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