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FINZ 2012 Conference a ripper
Professional industry conferences are often dreary affairs, but Iām just back from one that certainly stimulated attendees and I think may have been an accelerator for the professionalisation of an industry...
My social media and P2P session at not-for-profit Conference in Auckland this May
As a long-time supporter of the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand, I'm thrilled to run a session at their 2012 Conference in Auckland in May. Social media can be overwhelming to learn but powerful when properly mastered. That's why I'm presenting "Soc...
Charities have little to fear and everything to gain from social media
Author: Fraser Carson
Category: Not For Profit
Created: 09:22 PM, Sunday 05 February, 2012
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I'm spending plenty of time talking with charity organisations most prefer to be called not-for-profit organisations. I'm talking to them about peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P), the kind that raises smaller donations from a host of supporting donors. It's a marathon rather than a sprint.
The pressure is on in 2012 for social enterprise and fundraising
Author: Fraser Carson
Category: Not For Profit
Created: 10:21 PM, Tuesday 10 January, 2012
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We know times are still tough. But wars, famines and financial depressions have historically thrown up some dramatic examples of innovation and change. Needs-must, as they say. In easy times, why worry and why change? But when there is no choice but to wither, or get the thinking cap on and get inventive, guess what wins?
Selling your cause to the public
Author: Fraser Carson
Category: Not For Profit
Created: 01:23 AM, Thursday 17 November, 2011
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Today is a good day, one that I know I'll really enjoy. That's because I'm delivering a workshop to a Fundraising Institute (FINZ) learning day. As the heading suggests, it's about "Selling your cause to the public".
Online fundraising and offline work together as one
Last week I gave a workshop session to an Arts Access Aotearoa Forum. During the discussion, following the previous session, the perennial topic of fundraising emerged. The sources of funding for not-for-profit and community organisations is getting tight...
Three fundraising trends for 2011
Author: Fraser Carson
Category: Not For Profit
Created: 09:36 PM, Thursday 23 December, 2010
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My blog headline suggests I'll talk about gadgets and technical trends, but in 2011 we'll still need to come to grips with the basics of this exciting and still relatively new online environment. The opportunity that fundraising organisations, the comm...
Generosity stories now have an online channel
Author: Fraser Carson
Category: Not For Profit
Created: 09:32 AM, Friday 03 December, 2010
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Today is another step-forward day in the 'generosity and giving' life of New Zealand with the launch of a new website. Giving For Good is close to my heart because it's operating from our Issues.co.nz and I think it represents a very useful step in rai...
World Vision campaign uses old and lazy thinking
Author: Fraser Carson
Category: Not For Profit
Created: 09:30 AM, Monday 29 November, 2010
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We seem to be constantly pushed and cajoled these days into giving money to one good cause after another. The reasons are obvious there are many good causes and many of the organisations behind them have become practiced at marketing. It's a comp...
New Zealand Riding for the Disabled takes small steps to success in social media
Author: Fraser Carson
Category: Not For Profit
Created: 08:55 AM, Wednesday 10 November, 2010
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Early this year I met an inspiring man by the name of Guy Ockenden. Guy is the Executive Director of Riding for the Disabled (NZRDA), an organisation with a worthy mission statement: Confidence, independence and well being for people with disabilities, t...
