Fundraising Everywhere virtual conference – special offer

Fundraising Everywhere is a brand new virtual conference taking place on November 19th, with a full 12 hours of presentations and Q&A sessions featuring a really impressive line up of experts. It’s free to small charities, and the organisers have kindly provided an exclusive offer on paid tickets for Digital Charity Lab.. *** Use the … Read more

Digital Charity Lab on Simon Scriver’s Amazingly Ultimate Fundraising Superstar Podcast

Simon Scriver’s Amazingly Ultimate Fundraising Podcast is my favourite non-profit podcast; I was delighted to be invited on to talk with Simon about digital fundraising.  We covered the myths, pitfalls and frustrations with digital fundraising, and talked in depth about the three most effective channels for digital fundraising: email, Google Grant Ads and Facebook Fundraising. … Read more

New online course: Email Marketing for Non-Profits

We’re delighted to add another course to our collection of affordable online courses designed specially for non-profits. This course is all about email marketing for non-profits. See the course on Udemy and get a discount of over 60% In this course, you will learn: How to get started with email marketing for charities and non-profits … Read more

Article of the Month: Kevin Delaney on using free tech to compete with the big charities

I really like this article by Kevin Delaney of Academy Street Workshop, in which he discusses a situation that many of us will relate to: struggling to keep up with the administrative aftermath of a fundraising campaign.  A direct mail campaign for a small charity went really well – yay!  But the technical systems weren’t … Read more

Article of the Month: Future of Fundraising, in Third Sector

There are some very smart insights, as well as some challenging calls for meaningful change, in this article from Third Sector, where they’ve asked leading UK based fundraisers to make their predictions about the future of fundraising.  My top five quotes from the piece: “We continue to try to get the next generation of world … Read more

Facebook Fundraisers: Creativity, Challenge and Stickiness

Facebook Fundraising is transforming digital fundraising; it’s activating new donors and I’m hearing that it’s bringing in higher average gifts than the platforms like JustGiving.  Facebook’s familiar UX and constant nudges to people to donate are bringing about fantastic results for charities and individuals that are doing it well.  Digital fundraiser Adrian O’Flynn is currently … Read more