#78 Green thumb fundraising
We were once a family of subsistence-fundraising farmers. We harvested enough donors to meet the day-to-day need and put some away for a...
#77 A New Hope or a Phantom Menace?
There is one question that has puzzled me for the past week - Is it possible to run a direct employment-only model f2f fundraising agency...
#76 Simpler times
Thwack was the sound that a clutch of paper pledges made when proudly slapped onto the desk of my manager. Between 2005 and 2008 - my...
#75 Not a one-stop Shop
Two years ago, I kept hearing the same problem fall from the lips of my clients. They were told by me and others to move their f2f...
#74 We want marriage, they want a fling
When pasted into a budget, face-to-face fundraising is thought of as a high-volume low-value fundraising channel. A tap to turn on and...
#73 The most dangerous time for F2F fundraising
This is, without doubt or hyperbole, the most dangerous time for face-to-face fundraising. We have recently witnessed the end of a...
#72 If you’re not training your team, who is?
“They’ve done it again” exclaimed Janet, the RG Manager of a major national charity, as she read an email from the latest bitter...
#71 Mixing it up with f2f
Before we set off on another journey together, I feel it would be negligent to not mention the alleged scandal that arose this week in...
#70 Let’s ‘blue-sky’ the basics!
Ken Burnett, in his book the Zen of Fundraising, teaches us, that as fundraisers, we should strive to be 15 minutes ahead. This mindset...
#69 F2F Fundraising in 2019
In 2017, we predicted that 2018 would see improvements in our supply chain management, less staff poaching and a greater investment in...
