Learning the lessons of F2F 2016-2023
The past seven years have been turbulent. Fires, droughts, floods, and a pandemic to name a few issues. The world of face-to-face (F2F)...
Guarding your charity's integrity: The power of supplier alignment and ongoing support
An area of our work that we know to be vital for the success of RG is due diligence and ongoing maintenance. We are fortunate enough to...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#61 This might lose me a few readers
What does a restaurant menu with a two-hundred dishes, and a company that offers both energy sales AND charity fundraising have in...
#46 Sweating the small stuff
The biggest news I heard this week was that 80% of the past year’s PFRA breaches were simply due to easy to fix poor field management....
#45 Keep your coins, I want change
With every conversation I have with agency CEOs and senior managers I will, at some point, stumble over the mention that face-to-face...
#40 Churn and burn your way to failure
In a recent F&P article authored by my friend and colleague, Matt Gilbert, a myth that has haunted our industry since fundraising became...
#39 “It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission”
U.S. Rear Admiral Grace Hopper’s famous quote is one that many face-to-face agencies subscribe to: “It is easier to ask forgiveness than...
