How to be an intelligent customer – the critical role of a modern fundraiser
For fundraising professionals in regular giving the environment has never been more complex. There are multiple channels to manage in a...
#91 The perfect call
New Year everyone, have you seen the face to face fundraisers have re-emerged from hibernation again? Looks like rumours of their...
#90 Diet and exercise
Fast approaching is the time of year that we make promises to ourselves to become better. Our new year’s resolutions usually include...
RG Fundraising and Telemarketing in 2021
Adam Watson, MFIA: For the past four years, we’ve written these summaries of the previous year’s fundraising whilst pulling predictions...
#88 What Mo said
In 2017, I wrote a blog post that featured these paragraphs about my first day as a fundraiser back in 2004: I arrived at the carpark on...
#87 Taking the Mystery out of Shopping
In 2017 we started Mystery Shopping and Door to Door Shadowing F2F suppliers and inhouse teams. Some charities would employ our services...
#86 We need to talk about phone
The team at Fundraising Partners couldn’t be happier, or more grateful, for the support we’ve received as part of the Irregular Giving...
2020/21 Minimum wage decision - important changes for outsourced fundraising
It’s that special time of year when tax appeals are finished, and the Fair Work Commission celebrates by giving everyone a pay rise… The...
#85 Making a Call: The Importance of De-Mystifying Telephone Fundraising
The term ‘pivoting’ has gained considerable cultural currency in the past few months. It is almost impossible to scroll through a...
Quantity vs Quality: Can we have it all?
To misquote Jane Austen: ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a F2F industry in possession of high volume, must be in want of...
