The response of fundraisers following yet another ideological attack by the UK media on the sector showed the beginnings of a unified front. But Ian MacQuillin asks whether the fundraising profession is properly prepared to stand up for its values.
Digital fundraising
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest March 2015
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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: Blog digest January 2015
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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.
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest October 2014
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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.
NEWS: PhD research will open new fields of knowledge in philanthropy and fundraising
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The first six doctoral research project to be undertaken at the Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy (CSP) will open up “new fields of knowledge”, the CSP’s director of Research, professor Jen Shang, says.
OPINION: Sleepwalking to irrelevance – fundraising’s digital skills gap
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Charities are falling so far behind in our digitally-led society that for a talented computer graduate, a job at a charity could be ‘career-destroying’ move. Henry Rowling says it’s time to radically rethink the sector’s digital strategies.
OPINION: Pouring cold water on a great idea
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Despite raising more than $100 million, the Ice Bucket Challenge has attracted a curiously high level of criticism. Simon Burne disposes of a few unfounded objections.
KNOWLEDGE: The Ice Bucket Challenge
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Critical Fundraising rounds up some of the pro and anti- arguments, and those that explore some of the more neutral issues relating to the Ice Bucket Challenge.