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
From the same article above: “In his first major speech as leader of the Labour Party (in the UK), Ed Miliband said: “I do believe this country is too unequal and the gap between rich and poor doesn’t just harm the poor, it harms us all.”". Wow, hello hate mail! 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
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
Here are the top skills required in the UK. According to LinkedIn , here are the top skills for 2017. Here are the hottest, most in-demand skills around the world: Cloud and Distributed Computing. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining. Web Architecture and Development Framework. 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
Brexit will make North Americans poorer, and people in the UK poorer. Conflict Generational clash ageism arts Brexit Brexit decision canadian fundraising first impressions of brexit Fundraising nonprofit Brexit nostalgia rosemary metz UK fundraising US fundraising 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
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
I’ve written copy that’s run in the USA, the UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand the Middle East and South East Asia, and one thing shines through: no matter where you go, donors are much the same — people who care. Image Creative Commons "Money" by Stuart Dootson). 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
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
She attended the UK Feminista Summer School , where “…the audience was so motivated, articulate and aware that I am unshakeably convinced that, as one attendee put it, “it’s not about waves of feminism, we need a tsunami&# – and that tsunami is here. 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
by Ben Hunt , a UK web designer who is pretty fantastic at helping people create more engagement and money on their websites. Enclosed: A picture of me in the middle of writing an incredibly important blog post. Uh huh. MORE
million U.K. The TUC estimates that unpaid overtime in the U.K. And hey, this doesn’t just happen in the UK. Work Your Proper Hours! Why is staying late equivocated to working hard? 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
women 2015 globe theatre how to get people to click donate on your nonprofit website london national fundraising convention shakespeare sherlock holmes UKHave you heard of the National Fundraising Convention? The Institute of Fundraising in London is putting it on in July 2015. Oh happy day! 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
Like, do the fundraising professionals in the UK get taken for granted, just like in the US? How is UK fundraising different than USA fundraising? I think there were only 174 million pound plus gifts in the UK in 2011, whilst in the US there was over 6,000! 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
I am so excited to present to you my interview with Charlotte Beauvoisin, who writes Diary of a Munzungu , a UK citizen working in Uganda. Modern life is so stressful – the choices I’m faced with when I travel home to the UK boggle my mind! MORE
social media women @clairedsale @wildwomanfund allison kapin allyson kapin amy sample ward beth kanter claire sale danielle bridgida edward harran england Holly Ross hospice interview jeremiah owyang london mark horvath mazarine treyz michaela hackner netsquared NTEN techsoup UK wendy harman MORE
MP: I won’t rehash the UK, but if you go to Critical Fundraising, which is the blog on University of Plymouth, has a Center for Sustainable Fundraising run by Adrian Sargeant and Jen Shang. Why are CEOs insecure ? Why are boards confused? And what does this lead to? Marc Pitman tells us! 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
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
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
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
As Bidisha writes, “The symbolic and powerful Reclaim the Night marches are back, across the UK (in America, it’s “Take Back The Night&# -ed.). Tags: Conflict Culture clash women @wildwomanfund bidisha ealasaid feminism feminism tsunami fugitivus harriet Jezebel Jon Stewart mazarine mazarine treyz Olivia Munn Rachel Schaal The Daily Show tsunami feminism UK Feminism UK Feminista Summer School MORE
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JULY 3, 2012
Like, do the fundraising professionals in the UK get taken for granted, just like in the US? How is UK fundraising different than USA fundraising? I think there were only 174 million pound plus gifts in the UK in 2011, whilst in the US there was over 6,000!
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
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.
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?
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
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 23, 2012
I am so excited to present to you my interview with Charlotte Beauvoisin, who writes Diary of a Munzungu , a UK citizen working in Uganda. Modern life is so stressful – the choices I’m faced with when I travel home to the UK boggle my mind!
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 22, 2017
Here are the top skills required in the UK. According to LinkedIn , here are the top skills for 2017. Here are the hottest, most in-demand skills around the world: Cloud and Distributed Computing. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining. Web Architecture and Development Framework.
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?
Wild Woman Fundraising
JULY 25, 2016
Brexit will make North Americans poorer, and people in the UK poorer. Conflict Generational clash ageism arts Brexit Brexit decision canadian fundraising first impressions of brexit Fundraising nonprofit Brexit nostalgia rosemary metz UK fundraising US fundraising
Wild Woman Fundraising
APRIL 10, 2012
million U.K. The TUC estimates that unpaid overtime in the U.K. And hey, this doesn’t just happen in the UK. Work Your Proper Hours! Why is staying late equivocated to working hard?
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.
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.
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 18, 2016
MP: I won’t rehash the UK, but if you go to Critical Fundraising, which is the blog on University of Plymouth, has a Center for Sustainable Fundraising run by Adrian Sargeant and Jen Shang. Why are CEOs insecure ? Why are boards confused? And what does this lead to? Marc Pitman tells us!
Wild Woman Fundraising
JUNE 29, 2015
women 2015 globe theatre how to get people to click donate on your nonprofit website london national fundraising convention shakespeare sherlock holmes UKHave you heard of the National Fundraising Convention? The Institute of Fundraising in London is putting it on in July 2015. Oh happy day!
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.
Wild Woman Fundraising
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
She attended the UK Feminista Summer School , where “…the audience was so motivated, articulate and aware that I am unshakeably convinced that, as one attendee put it, “it’s not about waves of feminism, we need a tsunami&# – and that tsunami is here.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JUNE 19, 2012
by Ben Hunt , a UK web designer who is pretty fantastic at helping people create more engagement and money on their websites. Enclosed: A picture of me in the middle of writing an incredibly important blog post. Uh huh.
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.
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.
Wild Woman Fundraising
DECEMBER 12, 2011
I’ve written copy that’s run in the USA, the UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand the Middle East and South East Asia, and one thing shines through: no matter where you go, donors are much the same — people who care. Image Creative Commons "Money" by Stuart Dootson).
Wild Woman Fundraising
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
As Bidisha writes, “The symbolic and powerful Reclaim the Night marches are back, across the UK (in America, it’s “Take Back The Night&# -ed.). Tags: Conflict Culture clash women @wildwomanfund bidisha ealasaid feminism feminism tsunami fugitivus harriet Jezebel Jon Stewart mazarine mazarine treyz Olivia Munn Rachel Schaal The Daily Show tsunami feminism UK Feminism UK Feminista Summer School
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.
Wild Woman Fundraising
OCTOBER 13, 2010
social media women @clairedsale @wildwomanfund allison kapin allyson kapin amy sample ward beth kanter claire sale danielle bridgida edward harran england Holly Ross hospice interview jeremiah owyang london mark horvath mazarine treyz michaela hackner netsquared NTEN techsoup UK wendy harman
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.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 16, 2012
From the same article above: “In his first major speech as leader of the Labour Party (in the UK), Ed Miliband said: “I do believe this country is too unequal and the gap between rich and poor doesn’t just harm the poor, it harms us all.”". Wow, hello hate mail!
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