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The Ukraine Airbnb initiative and the weaknesses of ‘disintermediated’ giving
When Russia invaded Ukraine last year, people wanted to help. The way they often do that is by giving money, and an appeal by the Disasters Emergency has raised £420 million (and counting). The DEC appeal is a traditional way of helping people in need: those who want to help give money to an NPO, which converts those donations into goods and services to be distributed to those who need it. Donating via a charity wasn’t the only way that money was channelled into Ukraine.
CRITICAL FUNDRAISING | Rogare
Critical Fundraising A mode of enquiry to help us rethink fundraising What is Critical Fundraising? The fundraising sector is home to some extremely committed and passionate people. But passion and commitment aren’t always enough. To solve the problems and meet the challenges the fundraising sector faces, you also need critical and analytical thinking, consistent and coherent debate and argument, and a scientific approach to evaluating research.
NEWS: What’s the best way to get into fundraising? Who can say?
What advice would you give a kid who asks you the best way to become a fundraiser? Not an easy question to answer. Ian MacQuillin outlines Rogare’s new collaboration with Cause4 and Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy to research entry routes into fundraising Imagine an idealistic 17-year-old. She’s passionate about social justice. And she thinks the nonprofit sector is the place for her when she leaves permanent education. More than that, she thinks fundraising is the career for her.
NEW IDEAS: Why fundraisers need to start a journey to an holistic understanding of donors
To better understand donors and build a culture of philanthropy, it’s not enough to think critically. It’s not enough to break out of your silos. It’s not enough to acquire new knowledge in subjects such as behavioural science. Ashley Scott says practitioners need to embark on ‘transdisciplinary’ journey to becoming a more effective fundraiser.
KNOWLEDGE: Gender Issues in Fundraising - why are women under-represented in leadership roles?
Picture a fundraising leader. If the image in your head is of a man, Heather Hill says you need to read this blog. This blog is part of the Gender Issues In Fundraising Project run by Rogare – The Fundraising Think Tank. Think of a leader in the fundraising profession. Think about the qualities that leader possesses. Think about what makes that leader effective. Now tell me whether you pictured a man or a woman. If you pictured a male leader, why?
KNOWLEDGE: Gender Issues in Fundraising - Lean In or Lean Out?
That fundraising is beset by gender inequality is not in question. But how should the profession seek to redress these inequalities? Ruby Bayley-Prattexamines at the pros and cons of two different schools of thought. This blog is part of the Gender Issues In Fundraising Project run by Rogare – The Fundraising Think Tank. Fundraising is a disproportionately female profession, even more so than the charity sector as a whole. Despite a healthy pipeline, far more men than women hold positions at the top.
KNOWLEDGE: Gender Issues in Fundraising - Sexual harassment and violence
Caoileann Appleby looks at the prevalence of sexual harassment in society and whether this is reflected in the fundraising profession. Content note: this post discusses gender-based and sexual violence. It would be difficult to have a productive discussion about gender in the fundraising profession without examining the context in which we find ourselves.
Just give me money: The Beatles and fundraising | UK Fundraising
Ian MacQuillin December 11, 2013 10:09 am November 13, 2015 9:15 am Home | Blogs | Just give me money: The Beatles and fundraising Posted by Ian MacQuillin on 11 December 2013 in Blogs Just give me money: The Beatles and fundraising Inspired by Adrian Salmon’s blog post from a few weeks back about what early classical music can teach us about fundraising, I’ve been considering what we can learn from other musical genres and the artists who perform them.
KNOWLEDGE: More critical thinking at the Ask Direct Summer School
Another week, another conference. This time, it’s the Summer School, devised, hosted and run by Rogare Associate Member Ask Direct. Now in its third year, the event will take place at Trinity College in Dublin on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 July.
KNOWLEDGE: Exercise your critical thinking skills at the IoF convention this year
If you spend a day at the Institute of Fundraising’s national convention at the Barbican from July 2-4, you’re almost certainly guaranteed to come away with some top practical tips that you can implement in your fundraising on your very next day back in the office.
Are you really proud to be a fundraiser? A new manifesto for fundraising | UK Fundraising
Ian MacQuillin April 11, 2014 10:46 am October 31, 2016 11:30 am Home | Blogs | Are you really proud to be a fundraiser? A new manifesto for fundraising Posted by Ian MacQuillin on 11 April 2014 in Blogs Are you really proud to be a fundraiser? A new manifesto for fundraising Last week, I addressed the Institute of Fundraising London Group’s First Thursday meeting on the subject of pride in the profession of fundraising.
What do the FPS and the Cones Hotline have in common? | UK Fundraising
What do the Fundraising Preference Service and the Cones Hotline have in common? Nothing. Yet. But we live in hope. The Cones Hotline was the much-vaunted 1992 initiative of the prime minister, John Major, to set up a fully-staffed telephone hotline so that concerned citizens could report errant traffic cones that were loitering on our motorways and slowing down traffic, so someone would come along and remove them. Yes, twentysomethings too young to remember, this really happened.
KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs - regulation
This is a collection of blogs looking at the the ethics of fundraising regulation. Click here to return to the main page listing blogs on other areas of fundraising ethics. A “systematic review” of fundraising’s professional ethics is needed before any major review of the Code of Fundraising Practice in England and Wales is made, a new paper published in the Journal of Business Ethics argues.
OPINION: Fundraising regulation owes more than lip service to the rights of beneficiaries
responds to the Fundraising Regulator’s critique of his and Adrian Sargeant’s recent ideas on fundraising ethics and regulation. The Fundraising Regulator’s policy manager Stephen Service concludes his response to the article on fundraising ethics and regulation that Adrian Sargeant and I co-authored in the Journal of Business Ethics with: Well you know what? We couldn’t agree more.
Lindsay Boswell: media relations genius | UK Fundraising
Tributes have been flowing in for Lindsay Boswell left, right and centre – and justly so. Most of these concern his leadership on such projects as establishing self-regulation for fundraising, promoting membership or moving the conference from Birmingham to London (mmm). I’d like to contribute a short story that exemplifies Lindsay’s skill in dealing with the media.
OPINION: What do we need to learn from the Presidents Club debacle?
The can of works opened at the annual Presidents Club dinner might be bigger than we think. Ian MacQuillin explores some of the questions raised. Ever heard Eddie Izzard talking about mass murder and how we just aren’t equipped to deal with it on a genocidal scale – that when the death toll reaches a certain level we kind of lose any empathetic understanding of it because it’s just too big to contemplate? (Warning: NSFW!).
Fundraising regulation needs to be better than this
Rogare’s director Ian MacQuillin asks what Lord Grade’s recent interview in the Daily Telegraph tells us about the direction fundraising regulation is taking. Fundraising received one of its regular pummellings this past weekend when the Daily Telegraph* reported that the Fundraising Regulator was considering banning enclosures such as free pens and address labels in charity direct mail. The source of this claim was an interview with the Fundraising Regulator Lord Grade.
Lord Grade should resign as F-Reg chair
Ian MacQuillin says that Lord Grade cannot carry the confidence of the fundraising sector and ought to step aside. The first thing Stephen Dunmore, ceo of the Fundraising Regulator (F-Reg), said to me when I met him at his offices last December was: “Do you believe fundraising should be regulated?” My answer was: “Of course I do.” I used to work for a charity regulatory body – I was head of comms at the former and much lamented (at least by me) Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA).
OPINION: The case of the accidental fundraiser and the need to professionalise fundraising
Is fundraising a ‘profession’? As Rogare publishes a green paper on the subject, Ian MacQuillin argues that it isn’t, and can’t be while you don’t have to know anything about fundraising in order to become a fundraiser. My wife is a fundraiser. This is her LinkedIn page. Her name is Sarah MacQuillin (née Wheeler, for all those who knew her before we married). She’s the development director at the Geffrye Museum in London.
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest February 2017
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good argument. Instead of going out to find new donors, wouldn’t it be nice if you could find a way for them to come to you?
OPINION: The lobbying bill and the FPS - a counterfactual
Ian MacQuillin rewinds the clock to wonder what would have happened if the government had proposed establishing the Fundraising Preference Service while the lobbying bill was going through parliament. My guilty pleasure is alternative history science fiction – you know the stuff: what if the Nazis won the Second World War or the Confederacy the American Civil War (one such book I read even had the main protagonist receive some charity direct mail).
OPINION: We are all JustGiving
The response of fundraisers following yet another ideological attack my the UK media on the sector showed the beginnings of a unified front. But Ian MacQuillin asks whether the fundraising profession is properly prepared to stand up for its values.
OPINION: Does the ICO have ‘unreasonable’ expectations about wealth screening?
The UK’s data protection regulator has fined two charities over how they have ‘wealth screened’ current and future donors. Ian MacQuillin ask whether the Information Commissioner’s Office is treating charities differently to companies.
'Don't shoot the messenger': media ethics and the fundraising crisis
Channelling the ‘don’t shoot the messenger’ school of journalistic apologism (in which he’s far from alone in the charity sector), Giles Pegram asked in a blog on 101Fundraising last month why we would expect the media to be fair, balanced and impartial in how they report fundraising. He added that the Daily Mail “had been right” to publish the stories that it did during the fundraising crisis last year, since they reflected underlying donor anger.
Should fundraisers strike? Why fundraisers need a collective voice
“Fundraisers should go on strike,” someone told me at the IoF Convention last week. She was only half joking. I’m not suggesting that fundraisers should strike. But I am suggesting that they consider it. Because the process of considering a strike will require collective action and collective thought. It will throw up dynamic individuals who are prepared to challenge the current leadership by fronting a collective voice that speaks in defence of fundraisers.
International Fundraising Congress | UK Fundraising
Posts tagged with ‘International Fundraising Congress’ Home | International Fundraising Congress By Howard Lake on 16 October 2016Delegates at the International Fundraising Congress in Holland this week will get a preview of the services on offer... By Howard Lake on 26 May 2016The Resource Alliance is once again offering 20 volunteer session leader places at its annual International Fundraising Congress in...
NEWS: New theory brings beneficiaries into ethical decision making in fundraising for first time
A white paper outlining a new theory of fundraising ethics is published today by Rogare, the fundraising think tank at Plymouth University’s Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy. The new theory states that fundraisers owe duties to both their donors and their beneficiaries, because both stakeholders possess certain rights they hold against fundraisers.
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest July/August 2016
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Many people believe that overheads divert money from doing good. Curtis Klotz presents an alternative way to visualise the importance overhead costs for a sceptical public.
OPINION: The fundraising commons - not quite the tragedy we might think
How do we prevent chronic over-fundraising leading to a tragedy of the commons in donor recruitment? Ian MacQuillin believes the solution has bee around for the past 15 years. Last year at a charity awards ceremony, I found myself engaged in conversation with an academic from one of the London universities. This conversation came about the way so many of my conversations with people outside the charity sector start: she wanted to tell me exactly why she disliked ‘chuggers’.
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