Ian MacQuillin responds to the Fundraising Regulator’s critique of his and Adrian Sargeant’s recent ideas on fundraising ethics and regulation.
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KNOWLEDGE: A deep dive into professional knowledge at AFP I-Con in New Orleans
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Rogare identifies the sessions at AFP I-Con that explore issues in fundraising from a critical thinking perspective.
OPINION: We need to talk about donor dominance
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Not only did the Presidents club dinner highlight inappropriate behavior by men against women generally, it also raised the more specific question of how fundraisers respond to such behaviour by donors. Heather McGinness says we need to start this conversation.
OPINION: What do we need to learn from the Presidents Club debacle?
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The can of worms opened at the annual Presidents Club dinner might be bigger than we think. Ian MacQuillin explores some of the questions raised.
NEWS: Second Rogare national report shines spotlight on critical issues facing Scottish fundraisers
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A lack Scotland-specific research and analysis of giving trends and fundraising practice is holding back strategic development of the profession. The conclusion comes form Rogare’s latest Critical Fundraising Report, which is launched today at the AGM of the Institute of…
OPINION: Fundraising and comms integration: count me out – it’s time for Fr-exit ! (Fundraising-Exit!)
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Ever sat in a long and confusing meeting about comms integration? Paul Vanags has. Too many of them. Here he challenges what he says has become an unchallenged dogma that integrating fundraising with the rest of an organisations communications is…
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest July 2017
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Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only…
NEWS: New report identifies critical issues and challenges confronting fundraisers in Ireland
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Greater collaboration among professional fundraisers is needed to address some of the major issues facing fundraising in Ireland, according to a new report by the think tank Rogare, which is published today at the Ask Direct Summer School in Dublin.…
REVIEW: Head to Head: A Conversation on Behavioral Science and Ethics
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Meredith Niles looks at a new paper considering the role of behavioural science in designing and implementing more effective compliance and ethics programmes, and considers how the learnings could be applied to fundraising.
KNOWLEDGE: The ‘donorcentricity’ debate
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American blogger and commentator on the nonprofit sector Vu Le kicked off a small storm earlier this year when he challenged the concept of donor-centred fundraising. Critical Fundraising collates some or the debate engendered by Vu Le’s arguments.