Register By Richard Sved/Posted on July 7, 2015/0 CommentIt’s about the journey – 10 lessons from day 2 of IoF’s National Fundraising Convention Even before I got to the Institute of Fundraising Convention today, I was thinking about journeys. Day two coincided with ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on July 6, 2015/0 Comment“New balls, please!” – 10 lessons from day 1 of IoF’s National Fundraising Convention A few years back, I was lucky enough to have a day ticket to the outer courts at Wimbledon. It ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on June 24, 2015/0 CommentGuest blog: Prams, strollers, buggies… and charity boards! This is a guest blog from Mairead O’Rourke, who is Strategic Engagement Manager at The National Archives. Mairead has previously also ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on June 11, 2015/0 CommentGuest blog: Six tips for fundraisers on becoming trustees This is a guest blog from Natalie Assad, who is Major Gifts Fundraiser at Friends of the Earth. Natalie, Susie Hills ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on June 2, 2015/1 CommentCharities – think like a Hungarian! You may have noticed in my blog a certain fondness for extending a metaphor to make a point. Recently, for ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on May 22, 2015/0 CommentWhat marshmallows can teach us about fundraising I like marshmallows. Do you? And do you, like me, work in the voluntary sector? If your answer was yes ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on May 7, 2015/0 CommentThumbs up: what I learned from Stephen Sutton This month – May 2015 – sees the first anniversary of the death of a young man who taught me ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on April 10, 2015/0 Comment“Gonna use my, my, my imagination” – ‘Brass in Pocket’ lessons What was the first single you ever bought? I want to tell you about what I learned from mine. It was Brass ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on March 17, 2015/0 CommentHow did Comic Relief get to a billion? Red Nose Day 2015 was another big success. And the icing on the cake this time was the news that the charity ...read more.
Register By Richard Sved/Posted on March 2, 2015/0 CommentWhy be a mentor? Here’s 10 good reasons… I’ve been a mentor in various guises for almost a decade now, and trained to be a fundraising mentor with ...read more.