#35 I am a Paid Fundraiser and my employer will receive 100% of your first year’s donations
“The first $250,000 donated will cover costs associated with this appeal” is a line you will have never read at the end of a DRTV charity...
#34 The hidden costs of F2F
A comment from my last post prompted me to discuss further the real cost of face-to-face fundraising. By this, I don’t mean the potential...
#33 The death of a salesman
As of July 2018, only two of Australia’s large F2F suppliers will offer commission-only fundraising as their sole-model. Does this mean...
#32 Seven deadly sins - Why your F2F campaign is failing
Fundraising managers from both sides of the agency/in-house fence can often be found with their head in their hands staring at a sheet of...
#31 They want how much upfront? For what?!
Today’s post is in response to a request for information from a former colleague. Yes, she has found a way to get the answers without...
#30 Never work with this F2F supplier!
Whenever a charity commences a F2F program they are warned that it can be a beast. It can encroach into every fundraising space and force...
#29 Better than a kick in the teeth
For the past twenty years we, as fundraisers, have been telling ourselves, our boards and our donors that the length of the average...
F2F Fundraising in 2018 Pt2
2017 saw the QLD OFT engage in stricter fundraising regulation, so that any agency that charged more than 100% of Year 1 had a tougher...
#24 The cost of F2F is rising
The cost of F2F is rising, but it’s not all bad news. With this rise in costs comes a rise in social responsibility. As the CEO of a...
#23 Are our Australian charities giving you a little nudge in the right direction?
The newest buzzword in fundraising is ‘nudging’. A nudge is a small change in our environment that points us in an alternative direction...
