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Does your strategy need wings?
It is astounding that in a society that is more questioning than ever of spirituality that so many strategies in the NFP sector are based on divine intervention. Now I can understand how religious based charities might hope for some…
Innovation from a football coach
My son, Juan joined the school football (soccer) team this year. He's eight years old and from South America but he's no Lionel Messi . His coach had what I thought was an unusual approach to teaching the team which…
Why creative agencies are bad at designing fundraising campaigns
There I was sitting down relaxing, enjoying my cup of coffee with an old mate when within minutes, minutes dammit, the line came out "I've got a great fundraising idea for you". If you're in the fundraising game you hear it…
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Fundraise or buy a Rolex – same, same!
Fundraise or Rolex - same, same Survival of our species over time was due to a complex series of trial and error experiments where a positive outcome meant survival and a negative outcome often meant death. There are a number…
The selfish truth about charity
Human beings evolved and mastered our surroundings, overcame challenges and ultimately survived and prospered. We did better than just survive because at our very core, our subconscious level, at our DNA level, we’re selfish (Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene 1976, Matt Ridley…
Measuring charity performance
How much of my dollar goes to the cause? How much is spent on administration? I bet all the money goes to overpaid executives and nothing goes to the cause? All the money gets wasted. I've heard them all and…
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