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.…
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KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest February 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…
OPINION: The philosophical dispute between fundraising and data protection
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Fundraisers and data protection experts appear to have very little common ground on which to talk about ICO’s recent enforcement action. Ian MacQuillin suggests the gulf between the two could be down to different philosophical approaches.
KNOWLEDGE/OPINION: ICO and enforcement action against charities
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In December 2016, the Information Commissioner’s Office took enforcement action against the British Heart Foundation and RSPCA for breaching data protection legislation. This page collects the ICO statements and blogs responding to ICO’s action, both critical and in support of…
OPINION: Does the ICO have ‘unreasonable’ expectations about wealth screening?
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The UK’s data protection regulator has fined two charities over how they have ‘wealth screened’ current and future donors. Ian MacQuillin ask whether the Information Commissioner’s Office is treating charities differently to companies.
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest October 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: Ask and you shall receive…a sense that you are a more moral person
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The idea that donors get a ‘warm glow’ from giving is well established. But do fundraisers get a similar warm glow and an enhanced sense of moral identity from asking? Jessica Silye wonders if such an insight might affect how…
KNOWLEDGE: Gift givers are concerned about the desirability of their gift, not how useful it is
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Gift givers care more about the desirability of their gifts; gift receivers care more about how ‘feasible’ the gift is.