Yesterday was one of those days when you hear someone who makes so much sense it’s like having cold water thrown on you, rousing you from a light nap
Thoughts about the future from Tony Elischer’s Futurology Session
Make your charity part of someone’s everyday life.
Spend more time on donor conservation.
Conservation thinking: Measure by Long Term Value and Loyalty.
20 percent of people will leave a… Continue reading →
Tony Elischer’s opening plenary of the IFC, celebrating 30 years of this conference, said it best – that everybody walks away with 1 thing in common – inspiration!
So, here’s a little inspiration I’d like to share with you, from… Continue reading →
Wait for it – here it is: The secret to Facebook and YouTube is:
Give your audience the REAL you. Not some pretty, sanitized, press-release version of your organization, but the behind-the-scenes, gritty and authentically compelling side of Medecins… Continue reading →
Today was a great day in Amsterdam at the IFC Conference.
I finished Day 2 of the Master Class on Major Giving and really enjoyed it. It’s just fascinating to meet and brainstorm with people from the other side of… Continue reading →
After flying all night and landing in Amsterdam yesterday morning, I spent the day hobbling around the cobblestone streets of Amsterdam on my (now 2 1/2 month old) broken left foot
This afternoon, I participated in session 1 of ‘Taking Digital to the Next Level – Cutting Edge Techniques.’ Despite the cliche-filled title (know that I find the phrase ‘the next level’ entirely meaningless and have succeeded at banning it from… Continue reading →
When we think of fundraising we think of Canada, the United States and probably the United Kingdom and Europe.
But fundraising is alive and well in the rest of the world too…
Fundraising around the World
India has… Continue reading →
I was at a conference the other week that focused on technology and digital fundraising for nonprofits, and of course the hot topic was social media. And all I could think about was that all these charities were working so… Continue reading →
Malcolm Gladwell’s recent piece Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted in the New Yorker made me cranky.
In a nutshell, Gladwell contends that social media won’t be creating any type of structured social activism any time… Continue reading →
|
