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Our standard narrative of the history of modern fundraising is simplistic and doesn’t contain as many truths as it could do. Marina Jones explains why we need more complexity in our study of fundraising history. Oh, and that as soon as we look for it, we find that women have had a major role in the development of our profession – a role that has previously been obscured. Fundraisers and historians have at least one thing in common. They both love a story. For the fundraiser, stories allow them to get a case across simply and effectively – eliciting sympathy, driving action,…

We do not work on a commission basis. Nor do any fundraisers who follow the Fundraising Code of Practice as laid out by the Fundraising Regulator. Beyond compliance, there are many reasons for this: the incentive for fundraisers to apply undue pressure to potential donors is too great the charity loses out – only the money-making bit of the work is done, and if done well costs the charity a lot more than paying a salary when using the services of a third party (freelancer for instance) then it is a legal requirement that s/he declares how s/he is paid…

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(How Tony grew Major Donor annual income from scratch to nearly £2m in five years) Working with High Net Worth individuals to raise funds for your charity can be hugely valuable. It can also be a challenging domain to navigate successfully. Because the way forward is rarely straight forward, one effective way to hone your judgement is to study strategies and insights gleaned by those who are already succeeding. In studying fundraising success for two decades, I’ve found that consistent success in working with major donors, as with any area of fundraising, usually leaves valuable clues. One of my all-time…

If you’ve ever been thrilled to start a new role but a few months in realised you left money on thetable during salary negotiations, it’s a resoundingly defeating feeling. Successfully securing the pay you want begins long before the word “salary” is ever spoken by your future employer. Read on to learn how you can best achieve your target salary next time you take a new job. When you have the most power Many people accept an offer slightly lower than what they desired with the thought, “At my 90-day or six-month review, my employer will see how great my…

This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Primary Issue”. Click here to get your Annual Bitcoin Magazine Subscription. After a plane, a ferry, and a train had brought me to Manhattan, NY, we found ourselves with thirty-something minutes to set up for a sit-down interview with presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., thirty-something floors high in a Hudson Yards’ hotel. Captured by filmmaker Jeremy Poley, RFK answered our questions for about forty minutes. His responses were sharp and well articulated with an encyclopedic recall ability. He answered every single question I had prepared. Perhaps lost in the mainstream noise…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Chinese and Russian cooperation has grown significantly in the past three decades thanks to joint work on energy trade, politics and official visits, analysis shows. There was a “limited” Sino–Russian cooperation intensity in 1992–1995, which grew from then until 2007 and then rose. The bilateral relationship grew progressively, with no exponential growth or peaks, according to the study. There were no dramatic changes following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. The study, by Maria Papageorgiou, from the University of Exeter, and Alena Vysotskaya Guedes Vieira, from the University of Minho, is published in the journal Europe-Asia Studies.…

Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the triple lock on pensions would be honoured, with state pensions set to rise next year. Under the triple lock – which guarantees an increase in line with average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is highest – pensions will increase by 8.5 per cent in April Opening the autumn statement, Mr Hunt said: “After a global pandemic and energy crisis we have taken difficult decisions to put our economy back on track. “We have supported families with rising bills, cut borrowing and halved inflation. “Rather than a recession, the economy has grown. Rather than falling as predicted,…

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Image Credit: Mark Large/Daily Mail/Shutterstock Matthew Perry‘s heartbreaking death on October 28 has left his former Friends co-stars grieving. Nearly one month later, a source close to the A-listers told Life & Style that the pals have become “even closer” amid the tragedy. “They’re processing it in different ways and sharing when they’re ready,” the insider explained on November 22. “If there is any good news, it’s that the cast is even closer than ever before.” The cast of ‘Friends’ pictured on the red carpet in 1999. (Bei/Shutterstock) As comedy fans know, the late 54-year-old starred in Friends from 1994 until the series…