This just in from Fundraising Ireland: In 2010 Fundraising Ireland will be launching their official Membership Programme, in order to ensure that they can provide a professional and tailored range of services to those engaged in fundraising activity in Ireland. They want to deliver the best membership programme for you – one that takes account [...]

OK, maybe actually asking them to cancel is going a bit far. But you should ask if they’d like to. Seriously. Times are tough. Some of your donors will have lost their jobs, others will be getting by on a lower income than before. Most will be feeling uncertain and fearful about the future. Show [...]

You probably have that nagging feeling from time to time that lurking amongst your run-of-the-mill donors are a handful of folk with lots and lots and lots of money who are dutifully writing cheques for €75 in response to your appeals. You may have profiled your database and done your prospect research, but that feeling [...]

Many of you will have known Giancarlo, who passed away yesterday after a long illness. Back in 1989, Gian co-founded Graphiconies, which later became Public Communications Centre. Myself and Gian worked together in PCC from 1994 until 2001 and shared an office for much of that time. When I joined, Gian had the job of [...]