- Second paper in Rogare series that translates recent academic study into practice
- Looks at how people distance themselves from comms about ‘taboo’ causes
- Recommends ‘deliteralising’ comms to use animations, songs and metaphor
- New traffic light system to give fundraisers confidence in the recommendations
Category: News
NEWS: New Rogare paper collects essays on gender issues in the fundraising profession
In 2018, the fundraising think tank Rogare established a project team to explore gender issues in the fundraising profession. The project has two phases.
Phase 1 was to clarify the what the issues are and our understanding of them. We completed this in 2019 with a series of long-read blogs on Critical Fundraising.
Phase 2 is to build on Phase 1 by laying out a road map of solutions to the challenges our profession faces based on Lean Out Feminism.
Today we are republishing the Phase 1 blogs in a single standalone paper, which is available from the Rogare website, either on our Gender Issue project page or our publications page.
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NEWS: New series of papers showcase fundraisers’ academic research to a practitioner audience
- Rogare’s new ‘praxis’ papers to showcase fundraisers’ doctoral and Master’s research
- Papers contain suggestions about how to apply the research to day-to-day practice
- First paper – by Samaritans’ (UK) Lucy Lowthian – explores the psychological well-being factors that influence the intention to leave a legacy to charity.
NEWS: Rethinking fundraising – Rogare’s new mission to build our conceptual knowledge base and change the learning culture
Rogare’s director Ian MacQuillin explains our new mission and vision, and how we are going to achieve it.
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OPINION: Do you think fundraising is as exciting as a four-winged dinosaur?
If you can get as excited about your profession as palaeontologists do about animals that sound like they belong in a fairy tale, Ian MacQuillin want you to join Rogare’s new Critical Fundraising Network to take Rogare’s work to the next level.
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NEWS: New Rogare initiatives to collate and signpost best evidence-backed ideas for use in practice
- New ‘Knowledge Collectives’ will sift best evidence- and theory-backed research
- First Knowledge Collectives to look at legacy and corporate fundraising
- Staffed by practitioners who are experts in their fields to co-create knowledge base.
NEWS: How should we study the history of fundraising?
- What little study of fundraising history there is takes the ‘great man’ approach
- We aim to explore research questions using social and cultural history lenses
- Looking for fundraisers to be part of the project team, especially those who have studied history.
Simone Joyaux: always questioning, always challenging, always thinking
Simone Joyaux, who died yesterday, is – and will be remembered as – one of the greatest figures in fundraising.
The testimonials have rightly poured in for Simone. They have said how she was a rebel, a thinker, an advocate for justice and change. Many will also remember how she challenged us to ask cage-rattling questions.
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NEWS: Rogare publishes critical thinking guide for fundraisers
Today Rogare is relaunching our Critical Fundraising guide that provides processes for interpreting and understanding evidence.
Continue reading NEWS: Rogare publishes critical thinking guide for fundraisersNEWS: Raising standards – New report calls for formal pathways for fundraisers
As the fundraising profession faces a skills crisis, is it time to introduce formal pathways into the profession?
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