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A fundraising firing squad is now being formed in the UK. Unfortunately, it seems to be forming in a circle. If ever there were a time for calm, cool, thoughtful and different fact-finding and exploration, it’s now. I’m afraid that in the name of ‘protecting’ the donor, the true reform desperately needed by our sector — improvements in how donors connect and interact with charities — will largely be ignored. MORE
Greetings from London, where the arts world is bracing for its worst crisis since 1974, when a combination of steep increases in the price of oil and a coal strike paralyzed the UK economy and, by extension, the arts world. Unlike in the States, where there is a culture of fundraising and private support for the arts, the UK has long subsidized its arts community with free admission to many museums and heavy subsidies for non-profit theatres. MORE
Did you know organizations in the UK, Canada, and Australia raise more money with bequests than we do in the US? Fundraising expert Tom Ahern believes that the answer may be as simple as not having a marketing plan to ask for those bequests. MORE
Here’s a question for fundraisers in the UK and the European Union: Would you rather lose 50% or 85% of your donor base? That’s the essence of what’s at stake as fundraisers stand on the tracks staring at the fast approaching train of new regulations on donor data protection that go into effect May 2018. First, some background on what’s coming and some frightening results of early testing indicating it’s not gonna be pretty. MORE
I really can’t say it any better than this ad thanks to LegacyVoice , a legacy administration and marketing firm based in the UK. Folks, it’s time to focus on where you’ll get the money to sustain your mission. It’s that simple. Leave your comments below. Kudos! MORE
Regardless of the outcome of next week’s Brexit referendum on whether the UK should stay in or leave the European Union, fundraisers will continue to face the Opt-in/Opt-out Dilemma. MORE
Here is a reminder … Our colleagues at DonorVoice are going to replicate in the UK their recent US study of donor commitment. The call is out for UK charities who would like to participate in the study, which will be conducted in association with Ken Burnett and SOFII. The first will study a representative sample of recent, frequent UK cause donors. UK participants will be charged a £1,000 fee each to cover direct costs of the work. MORE
The Twitter feeds are starting to run hot with requests for Followers to vote for the various sites nominated for the 2009 People’s Choice Website of the Year Awards , with the full line-up of shortlisted nonprofits looking like this: rednoseday.com. ifaw.org. unicef.org.uk. redcross.org.uk. MORE
A number of thoughtful and concerned UK Agitator readers weighed in this week expressing a range of emotions from distress to disgust over what some termed the Institute of Fundraising’s (IoF) latest “betrayal” of the sector. On August 18 IoF announced an Update to the Code of Fundraising Practice. MORE
V – the UK charity that aims to inspire youth volunteering has just launched a fun new site called The Favour Farm to encourage young people to do favours for those around them in everyday life. These favours can be as simple as giving a friend a hug or cooking breakfast for their family through to taking part in a charity campaign and, as you’ll see from the video above, the site lets you record these favours in the form of small fluffy animals that live on the farm. MORE
Image via City Learning Centre, Wolverhampton, UK One of your first acquisitions - maybe before you get your 501(c)(3) even - is a website. It's possible that some people may think that in these days of social media networks, a website is less important than before. BZZZ* Wrong. It's still the place people will go to find out more about your organization and its mission. Social networks are. redesign process social media website Small nonprofit Social network MORE
Yesterday Ofcom , the independent regulator for the UK’s communication industries, released its latest Communications Market Report – providing up-to-date information on the nation’s use of all communications technologies from Radio and Television through to the Internet. A few highlights, just to whet your appetite… Overall, between home, work and other connections, 74% of UK adults now use the internet. MORE
Some pretty shocking data for UK fans of the social networking site MySpace was highlighted last week, with the news that traffic to the site has now dropped behind that of microblogging site Twitter. world over the last few years, it’s easy to forget just how dominant MySpace looked in the UK market back in the early days of the online social networking goldrush. MORE
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Some pretty shocking data for UK fans of the social networking site MySpace was highlighted last week, with the news that traffic to the site has now dropped behind that of microblogging site Twitter. world over the last few years, it’s easy to forget just how dominant MySpace looked in the UK market back in the early days of the online social networking goldrush. MORE
Carried-out during the summer 2008, the research is based on responses from 656 charities who use the Justgiving online fundraising platform and was undertaken to help better understand the current state of online fundraising in the UK. MORE
Earlier this week Robin Goad, Research Director at Internet research company Hitwise , released data that revealed a new high in terms of online social media usage in the UK over Christmas. Naturally enough, Christmas is typically the busiest time of year for social networks, but Christmas 2008 saw several new highs which reaffirm (were it needed) the scale of online social networking amongst UK internet users. MORE
Tags: Online fundraising crowdfunding Bryan Miller Cancer Research UK Community Fundraising 2.0 MORE
Tags: Online fundraising crowdfunding Bryan Miller Cancer Research UK Community Fundraising 2.0 MORE
The Twitter feeds are starting to run hot with requests for Followers to vote for the various sites nominated for the 2009 People’s Choice Website of the Year Awards , with the full line-up of shortlisted nonprofits looking like this: rednoseday.com. ifaw.org. unicef.org.uk. redcross.org.uk. MORE
Why do organizations in the UK, Canada, and Australia raise more money with bequests than we do in the US? According to Tom: UK fundraising superstar, Stephen Pidgeon, notes that a well-executed bequest marketing program can raise far more money than a major gifts program. MORE
At 50 pages this free report is a lengthy but worthwhile read, combining recent research into general UK internet usage as well as online charity activity, together with advice on how to make best use of online opportunities and some thoughts on how things are likely to develop in the future. Are charities under-reporting online giving or is online really providing less than one twentieth of all the UK’s voluntary income? MORE
Marketing Nonprofits Pinterest Social Media Cynthia Sanchez graphic design tools Interview Oh So Pinteresting Operation Smile podcast Shot @ Life UNICEF UK visual marketing MORE
At least it does for US and UK non-profits - as I’m afraid that at present YouTube’s Non-profit Partner Programme is only available to organisations from those two countries. So, if you’re a UK or US non-profit what’s stopping you? MORE
In this video, I briefly cover GDPR, what it is, and the implications for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers around the world, even if you aren’t located in the UK. The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK is the best resource for up-to-date info on GDPR. MORE
The survey results are in on asking corporate partners for a minimum revenue commitment (MRC). You can view them here. There are four parts to this post. The graphs showing the results. I took these right from the Survey Monkey survey you completed in July. MORE
Madeleine is a marketing executive at Skeleton Productions - one of the UK''s leading video production companies. The last post in our series of four on using video is by Madeleine Hammond. If producing a video is part of your nonprofit''s marketing strategy, one of the first - and most important - decisions you will face is who to work with. Sure, you want a company with all the necessary. professional video small nonprofits video video production MORE
Self-regulation of fundraising went down the tubes this week in the U.K., and the nonprofit sector has no one to blame but itself. MORE
Online research and measurement company comScore just released the findings of a study into UK social networking site usage which provides a good picture of just how mainstream social networking has now become – with an incredible 80% of the total UK online population (aged 15+) apparently having visited at least one social networking site in May 2009. MORE
Our colleagues at DonorVoice are going to replicate in the UK their recent US study of donor commitment. The call is out for UK charities who would like to participate in the study, which will be conducted in association with Ken Burnett and SOFII. The first will study a representative sample of recent, frequent UK cause donors. The second element looks at the same issues using samples (with transaction histories) from house files provided by participating UK organizations. MORE
Here are some of the insights that jumped out at me – but do take a look yourself and see if the results confirm or counter your own experience or current thinking: 43% of UK adults receive over 20 promotional emails a week – so there’s lots of competition for attention in their inbox. MORE
Online research and measurement company comScore just released the findings of a study into UK social networking site usage which provides a good picture of just how mainstream social networking has now become – with an incredible 80% of the total UK online population (aged 15+) apparently having visited at least one social networking site in May 2009. MORE
V – the UK charity that aims to inspire youth volunteering has just launched a fun new site called The Favour Farm to encourage young people to do favours for those around them in everyday life. These favours can be as simple as giving a friend a hug or cooking breakfast for their family through to taking part in a charity campaign and, as you’ll see from the video above, the site lets you record these favours in the form of small fluffy animals that live on the farm. MORE
Yesterday Ofcom , the independent regulator for the UK’s communication industries, released its latest Communications Market Report – providing up-to-date information on the nation’s use of all communications technologies from Radio and Television through to the Internet. A few highlights, just to whet your appetite… Overall, between home, work and other connections, 74% of UK adults now use the internet. MORE
Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments – UK Government. About a year ago, well before the era of re-tweeting, I wrote a post entitled “ Social Media Document Garage Sale &# which received quite a bit of attention according to my blog stats at the time. MORE
Why do organizations in the UK, Canada, and Australia raise more money with bequests than we do in the US? Fundraising expert Tom Ahern believes that the answer may be as simple as not having a marketing plan to ask for those bequests. MORE
That’s the message of a successful cause marketing relationship between UK discount fashion retailer TK Maxx and its charity partner Cancer Research. The economies in the United States and the United Kingdom and wide swaths of Continental Europe remain stuck in the doldrums. MORE
Guest blogger Madeleine Hammond is a Marketing Executive at Skeleton Productions, a UK based corporate video production company. Here''s the second of three guest posts on the subject of storytelling for your nonprofit through videos. An oldy but a goody - the storytelling arc is a proven staple to video marketing. When it comes to non-profits, it’s an impossibly effective medium for really. video storytelling video production Madeleine Hammond Skeleton Productions Small nonprofit MORE
A new survey from the U.K. In the U.K. Fourteen percent said they’d donated via text message, a mechanism that has been around several years longer in the U.K. Says the website, "the National Funding Scheme (NFS) allows UK and visiting tourists to easily make a donation through digital channels to any participating cultural institution in the UK." finds donors still chary about donating via some technology-enabled means. MORE
If you’re one of our 872 UK Agitator readers this is for you. Over the last few months the UK tabloids busted the fundraising British sector for its overly aggressive tactics in telemarketing and Face –To-Face techniques. ( See Playing the Blame Game in the UK.) MORE
Amnesty UK Coronavirus tweet. I’ve been thinking about you. I want you to be safe. You ARE social distancing, right? Just checking. Many of you have reached out asking me what to do RIGHT NOW. What to post on social media? Should we even post? Should we talk about COVID-19? MORE
At least it does for US and UK non-profits - as I’m afraid that at present YouTube’s Non-profit Partner Programme is only available to organisations from those two countries. So, if you’re a UK or US non-profit what’s stopping you? MORE
Madeleine Hammond is a Marketing Executive at Skeleton Productions, a UK based corporate video production company. From Wikimedia Commons As promised, here is the first of three guest posts on using video for a small nonprofit. The next post will be in October. The role of the online video is becoming increasingly important to the marketing strategies non-profit organisations. From it’s. MORE
UK mental health charity Mind has really embraced Instagram Stories by allowing their supporter to takeover the account and post their own content as they undertake a fundraising challenge. . MORE
SocialButterfly
AUGUST 28, 2018
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JCA Insights
MARCH 11, 2011
Greetings from London, where the arts world is bracing for its worst crisis since 1974, when a combination of steep increases in the price of oil and a coal strike paralyzed the UK economy and, by extension, the arts world. Unlike in the States, where there is a culture of fundraising and private support for the arts, the UK has long subsidized its arts community with free admission to many museums and heavy subsidies for non-profit theatres.
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The Agitator
AUGUST 20, 2015
A number of thoughtful and concerned UK Agitator readers weighed in this week expressing a range of emotions from distress to disgust over what some termed the Institute of Fundraising’s (IoF) latest “betrayal” of the sector. On August 18 IoF announced an Update to the Code of Fundraising Practice.
The Agitator
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Our colleagues at DonorVoice are going to replicate in the UK their recent US study of donor commitment. The call is out for UK charities who would like to participate in the study, which will be conducted in association with Ken Burnett and SOFII. The first will study a representative sample of recent, frequent UK cause donors. The second element looks at the same issues using samples (with transaction histories) from house files provided by participating UK organizations.
The Agitator
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
Self-regulation of fundraising went down the tubes this week in the U.K., and the nonprofit sector has no one to blame but itself.
Giving in a Digital World
MARCH 16, 2010
Tags: Online fundraising crowdfunding Bryan Miller Cancer Research UK Community Fundraising 2.0
Giving in a Digital World
MARCH 16, 2010
Tags: Online fundraising crowdfunding Bryan Miller Cancer Research UK Community Fundraising 2.0
The Agitator
JUNE 15, 2016
Regardless of the outcome of next week’s Brexit referendum on whether the UK should stay in or leave the European Union, fundraisers will continue to face the Opt-in/Opt-out Dilemma.
The Agitator
JULY 12, 2015
A fundraising firing squad is now being formed in the UK. Unfortunately, it seems to be forming in a circle. If ever there were a time for calm, cool, thoughtful and different fact-finding and exploration, it’s now. I’m afraid that in the name of ‘protecting’ the donor, the true reform desperately needed by our sector — improvements in how donors connect and interact with charities — will largely be ignored.
Giving in a Digital World
AUGUST 7, 2009
Yesterday Ofcom , the independent regulator for the UK’s communication industries, released its latest Communications Market Report – providing up-to-date information on the nation’s use of all communications technologies from Radio and Television through to the Internet. A few highlights, just to whet your appetite… Overall, between home, work and other connections, 74% of UK adults now use the internet.
Giving in a Digital World
AUGUST 7, 2009
Yesterday Ofcom , the independent regulator for the UK’s communication industries, released its latest Communications Market Report – providing up-to-date information on the nation’s use of all communications technologies from Radio and Television through to the Internet. A few highlights, just to whet your appetite… Overall, between home, work and other connections, 74% of UK adults now use the internet.
Selfish Giving
AUGUST 21, 2019
The survey results are in on asking corporate partners for a minimum revenue commitment (MRC). You can view them here. There are four parts to this post. The graphs showing the results. I took these right from the Survey Monkey survey you completed in July.
The Agitator
MARCH 23, 2017
Here’s a question for fundraisers in the UK and the European Union: Would you rather lose 50% or 85% of your donor base? That’s the essence of what’s at stake as fundraisers stand on the tracks staring at the fast approaching train of new regulations on donor data protection that go into effect May 2018. First, some background on what’s coming and some frightening results of early testing indicating it’s not gonna be pretty.
J Campbell Social Marketing
APRIL 10, 2014
Marketing Nonprofits Pinterest Social Media Cynthia Sanchez graphic design tools Interview Oh So Pinteresting Operation Smile podcast Shot @ Life UNICEF UK visual marketing
Giving in a Digital World
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Some pretty shocking data for UK fans of the social networking site MySpace was highlighted last week, with the news that traffic to the site has now dropped behind that of microblogging site Twitter. world over the last few years, it’s easy to forget just how dominant MySpace looked in the UK market back in the early days of the online social networking goldrush.
Giving in a Digital World
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Some pretty shocking data for UK fans of the social networking site MySpace was highlighted last week, with the news that traffic to the site has now dropped behind that of microblogging site Twitter. world over the last few years, it’s easy to forget just how dominant MySpace looked in the UK market back in the early days of the online social networking goldrush.
Giving in a Digital World
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
At 50 pages this free report is a lengthy but worthwhile read, combining recent research into general UK internet usage as well as online charity activity, together with advice on how to make best use of online opportunities and some thoughts on how things are likely to develop in the future. Are charities under-reporting online giving or is online really providing less than one twentieth of all the UK’s voluntary income?
Giving in a Digital World
AUGUST 7, 2009
V – the UK charity that aims to inspire youth volunteering has just launched a fun new site called The Favour Farm to encourage young people to do favours for those around them in everyday life. These favours can be as simple as giving a friend a hug or cooking breakfast for their family through to taking part in a charity campaign and, as you’ll see from the video above, the site lets you record these favours in the form of small fluffy animals that live on the farm.
Giving in a Digital World
AUGUST 7, 2009
V – the UK charity that aims to inspire youth volunteering has just launched a fun new site called The Favour Farm to encourage young people to do favours for those around them in everyday life. These favours can be as simple as giving a friend a hug or cooking breakfast for their family through to taking part in a charity campaign and, as you’ll see from the video above, the site lets you record these favours in the form of small fluffy animals that live on the farm.
Cause Related Marketing
AUGUST 8, 2012
A new survey from the U.K. In the U.K. Fourteen percent said they’d donated via text message, a mechanism that has been around several years longer in the U.K. Says the website, "the National Funding Scheme (NFS) allows UK and visiting tourists to easily make a donation through digital channels to any participating cultural institution in the UK." finds donors still chary about donating via some technology-enabled means.
Cause Related Marketing
JULY 25, 2012
That’s the message of a successful cause marketing relationship between UK discount fashion retailer TK Maxx and its charity partner Cancer Research. The economies in the United States and the United Kingdom and wide swaths of Continental Europe remain stuck in the doldrums.
Giving in a Digital World
MARCH 29, 2009
At least it does for US and UK non-profits - as I’m afraid that at present YouTube’s Non-profit Partner Programme is only available to organisations from those two countries. So, if you’re a UK or US non-profit what’s stopping you?
Giving in a Digital World
MARCH 29, 2009
At least it does for US and UK non-profits - as I’m afraid that at present YouTube’s Non-profit Partner Programme is only available to organisations from those two countries. So, if you’re a UK or US non-profit what’s stopping you?
Giving in a Digital World
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
The Twitter feeds are starting to run hot with requests for Followers to vote for the various sites nominated for the 2009 People’s Choice Website of the Year Awards , with the full line-up of shortlisted nonprofits looking like this: rednoseday.com. ifaw.org. unicef.org.uk. redcross.org.uk.
Giving in a Digital World
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
The Twitter feeds are starting to run hot with requests for Followers to vote for the various sites nominated for the 2009 People’s Choice Website of the Year Awards , with the full line-up of shortlisted nonprofits looking like this: rednoseday.com. ifaw.org. unicef.org.uk. redcross.org.uk.
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
AUGUST 12, 2009
Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments – UK Government. About a year ago, well before the era of re-tweeting, I wrote a post entitled “ Social Media Document Garage Sale &# which received quite a bit of attention according to my blog stats at the time.
Giving in a Digital World
JANUARY 9, 2009
Carried-out during the summer 2008, the research is based on responses from 656 charities who use the Justgiving online fundraising platform and was undertaken to help better understand the current state of online fundraising in the UK.
Giving in a Digital World
JANUARY 8, 2009
Earlier this week Robin Goad, Research Director at Internet research company Hitwise , released data that revealed a new high in terms of online social media usage in the UK over Christmas. Naturally enough, Christmas is typically the busiest time of year for social networks, but Christmas 2008 saw several new highs which reaffirm (were it needed) the scale of online social networking amongst UK internet users.
Giving in a Digital World
MAY 16, 2010
Here are some of the insights that jumped out at me – but do take a look yourself and see if the results confirm or counter your own experience or current thinking: 43% of UK adults receive over 20 promotional emails a week – so there’s lots of competition for attention in their inbox.
Giving in a Digital World
JULY 22, 2009
Online research and measurement company comScore just released the findings of a study into UK social networking site usage which provides a good picture of just how mainstream social networking has now become – with an incredible 80% of the total UK online population (aged 15+) apparently having visited at least one social networking site in May 2009.
Giving in a Digital World
JULY 22, 2009
Online research and measurement company comScore just released the findings of a study into UK social networking site usage which provides a good picture of just how mainstream social networking has now become – with an incredible 80% of the total UK online population (aged 15+) apparently having visited at least one social networking site in May 2009.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Why do organizations in the UK, Canada, and Australia raise more money with bequests than we do in the US? According to Tom: UK fundraising superstar, Stephen Pidgeon, notes that a well-executed bequest marketing program can raise far more money than a major gifts program.
Social Media Bird Brain
OCTOBER 2, 2013
Guest blogger Madeleine Hammond is a Marketing Executive at Skeleton Productions, a UK based corporate video production company. Here''s the second of three guest posts on the subject of storytelling for your nonprofit through videos. An oldy but a goody - the storytelling arc is a proven staple to video marketing. When it comes to non-profits, it’s an impossibly effective medium for really. video storytelling video production Madeleine Hammond Skeleton Productions Small nonprofit
Social Media Bird Brain
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Madeleine is a marketing executive at Skeleton Productions - one of the UK''s leading video production companies. The last post in our series of four on using video is by Madeleine Hammond. If producing a video is part of your nonprofit''s marketing strategy, one of the first - and most important - decisions you will face is who to work with. Sure, you want a company with all the necessary. professional video small nonprofits video video production
Social Media Bird Brain
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
Madeleine Hammond is a Marketing Executive at Skeleton Productions, a UK based corporate video production company. From Wikimedia Commons As promised, here is the first of three guest posts on using video for a small nonprofit. The next post will be in October. The role of the online video is becoming increasingly important to the marketing strategies non-profit organisations. From it’s.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Did you know organizations in the UK, Canada, and Australia raise more money with bequests than we do in the US? Fundraising expert Tom Ahern believes that the answer may be as simple as not having a marketing plan to ask for those bequests.
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 19, 2016
I really can’t say it any better than this ad thanks to LegacyVoice , a legacy administration and marketing firm based in the UK. Folks, it’s time to focus on where you’ll get the money to sustain your mission. It’s that simple. Leave your comments below. Kudos!
The Agitator
JULY 27, 2015
If you’re one of our 872 UK Agitator readers this is for you. Over the last few months the UK tabloids busted the fundraising British sector for its overly aggressive tactics in telemarketing and Face –To-Face techniques. ( See Playing the Blame Game in the UK.)
J Campbell Social Marketing
MARCH 23, 2020
Amnesty UK Coronavirus tweet. I’ve been thinking about you. I want you to be safe. You ARE social distancing, right? Just checking. Many of you have reached out asking me what to do RIGHT NOW. What to post on social media? Should we even post? Should we talk about COVID-19?
J Campbell Social Marketing
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
UK mental health charity Mind has really embraced Instagram Stories by allowing their supporter to takeover the account and post their own content as they undertake a fundraising challenge. .
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Why do organizations in the UK, Canada, and Australia raise more money with bequests than we do in the US? Fundraising expert Tom Ahern believes that the answer may be as simple as not having a marketing plan to ask for those bequests.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MAY 24, 2018
In this video, I briefly cover GDPR, what it is, and the implications for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers around the world, even if you aren’t located in the UK. The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK is the best resource for up-to-date info on GDPR.
Social Media Bird Brain
MARCH 10, 2011
Image via City Learning Centre, Wolverhampton, UK One of your first acquisitions - maybe before you get your 501(c)(3) even - is a website. It's possible that some people may think that in these days of social media networks, a website is less important than before. BZZZ* Wrong. It's still the place people will go to find out more about your organization and its mission. Social networks are. redesign process social media website Small nonprofit Social network
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