Critical Fundraising is the blog of Rogare – The Fundraising Think Tank. www.rogare.net
The tragic suicide of Olive Cooke obviously has implications for fundraising ethics. Ian MacQuillin digs below the media hysteria to indentify what the real issues are, and suggest how the fundraising profession should respond.
Continue reading OPINION: How the Olive Cooke tragedy affects fundraising ethics and self-regulation
The principle behind supporter journeys is fine. But, argues Liz Waldy, in practice they often end up shoehorning donors into a formulaic communications plan that, ironically, neglects the relationship. Continue reading OPINION: Journey’s end – why supporter journeys are a distraction from genuine supporter care
We’re told we need to recruit fundraisers who have more passion if we are to reverse the impending leadership crisis. Claire Routley discovers that we might be better off seeking out intelligence. Continue reading OPINION: An intelligent design for tackling fundraising’s skills gap
Innovation in fundraising is focused on small improvements to existing professional practice. But, argues Ian MacQuillin, there is a paucity of innovative thinking to solve ‘big picture’ problems. Continue reading NEW IDEAS: Innovation – delivering the next small thing in fundraising
Some of the greatest thinkers about charitable giving have described fundraising as the servant of philanthropy. So why, asks Adrian Sargeant, is there now a movement that claims there is no link between them at all? Continue reading OPINION: Servants’ exit – Why are some people trying to sever the connection between fundraising and philanthropy?
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Continue reading KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest October 2014
Rogare has ambitious plans to transform how we practise fundraising. But before we can do that, argues Ian MacQuillin, we need to change the way we think about it.
Continue reading NEW IDEAS: Critical Fundraising – a new mode of thought for our profession
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