Another week, another conference. This time, it’s the Summer School, devised, hosted and run by Rogare Associate Member Ask Direct. Now in its third year, the event will take place at Trinity College in Dublin on Thursday 12 and Friday…
Critical thinking
NEW IDEAS: How to put beneficiaries first, without throwing donors out with the bathwater
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How can fundraisers reconcile the tensions between serving the needs of their donors and beneficiaries? Ian MacQuillin describes a new way to envision the role of fundraising within an organisation that might do the trick.
KNOWLEDGE: Exercise your critical thinking skills at the IoF convention this year
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If you spend a day at the Institute of Fundraising’s national convention at the Barbican from July 2-4, you’re almost certainly guaranteed to come away with some top practical tips that you can implement in your fundraising on your very…
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.
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.…
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest June 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…
NEW IDEAS: Teach a fundraiser to fish…Rogare’s theory of change for fundraising
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Amanda Shepard outlines Rogare’s new theory of change, which aims to move fundraisers away from a ‘copy the case study’ model to a situation where they demand to see the evidence for what they are being told to do.
NEWS: New report series will identify fundraising challenges and issues around the world
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jonedA series of reports highlighting issues and challenges facing the fundraising professions in various countries around the world is to be launched by Rogare, the fundraising think tank at Plymouth University’s Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy.
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest December 2016
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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.
OPINION: You have nothing to fear from asking – or being asked – the right questions
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Fundraisers are being called on to make changes but they’re also being told not to think too much about how they do it. Ian MacQuillin wonders if there’s an anti-intellectual undercurrent in fundraising.