“She allowed my greatest vulnerability to be my biggest strength” – #FundraisingEverywhere part 1

What was I thinking? I wasn't even drunk when I promised Nikki and Simon I'd do it. But I was so excited when they announced the first ever global virtual fundraising conference, Fundraising Everywhere, that I pledged to live-tweet the whole 12 hours of power sessions and seminars from round the world! And it was tough going, but it was worth it, because without exception, the presenters were all excellent. You might think there's a lot of content in all of the threaded tweets linked below through all the presenters' names, but believe me, that isn't even the half of it. Enjoy! Read and learn! And sign up for next time - it's definitely worth it! 10 minutes to go until #FundraisingEverywhere kicks off! I'm planning on livetweeting the whole 12 hours of insights and learnings. I'll do it here, in this thread. This is Part 1. ?(thread) pic.twitter.com/1mUCJGoqrs— Richard Sved (@richardsved) November 19, 2019 Dana Kohava Segal opened the show with an excellent presentation on the importance of behavioural economics for fundraising; Mark Phillips talked passionately about the power of charity newsletters with some great historic examples; Sal Tejani spoke with great clarity and knowledge on how to recruit regular giving donors using digital video. But for me the highlight of the first six (!) hours was Aaron Hearne, who spoke so powerfully, authentically, and movingly about what motivated him to begin raising money, and the link between volunteers and fundra