“Done is better than perfect!” Days 1 & 2 of the #FundraisingEverywhere Festival

We're all getting used to webinars and online conferences, but this is something altogether more ambitious. A five day Festival of fundraising learning with over 50 speakers from across the world: The #FundraisingEverywhere Festival. Could Nikki and Simon pull it off? Only two days in, but my answer is already a resounding "yes". Here's my report of what's happened so far. As ever, you can click through to my Twitter notes by following any of the links or embedded tweets below. In position, tweeting fingers ready for #FundraisingEverywhere Festival of learning, starting this pm. Top line up - 50+ speakers this week. NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN UP, even if it's already started - you can watch on catch-up!My Twitter notes will be here.https://t.co/lipBLh8Vdl pic.twitter.com/jWht4CqGjS— Richard Sved (@richardsved) May 11, 2020 Both days started with fascinating Q&A sessions with Justgiving team members, as well as Kenneth from London Marathon Events about Colonel Tom Moore's astonishing fundraising, and the £10 million topping #2point6challenge. One prevailing theme came through from both of these interviews, and indeed from other sessions. In these times, we have needed to work at speed, and be less perfectionist. We can learn from mistakes, but we need to respond quickly, and get something out there. Done is better than perfect. Presentations on day 1, with the overarching theme of "the why," were, without exception, excellent: Aaron Hearne on his fundra