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      <title><![CDATA[Great expectations. How donors are getting tough on charities.  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[When I mull over the changes to the European fundraising landscape in recent years – from innovative new giving techniques to government cutbacks – it strikes me that it is a change in ‘the donor’ that is the elephant in the room. Supporters are changing and they are far tougher on charities than they used to be.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How can you get more out of your events programme?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the expert speakers at our upcoming Event Fundraising Conference discuss the trends in event fundraising and how you can get the maximum impact from your events programme.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Don’t let the economy stall the rise of fundraising talent]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In tough markets, charities have to take action. Pay cuts, restructuring and redundancies are increasingly common as organisations do what they can to improve efficiency and reduce overheads, while ensuring that the needs of the cause are still being met. But, are charities at risk of stalling fundraising talent and minimising future income generation?]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Countdown to Charities Online. 5. Aggregation and sponsored events ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the fifth in a series of short blogs about the new HMRC Charities Online system for claiming tax refunds.  It is written particularly for the majority of small/medium charities and CASCs with limited staff and software resources using the HMRC’s simple online spreadsheet system.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Countdown to Charities Online. 4. Postcodes ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series of short blogs about the new HMRC Charities Online system for claiming tax refunds.  It is written particularly for the majority of small/medium charities and CASCs with limited staff and software resources using the HMRC’s simple online spreadsheet system.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Countdown to Charities Online. 3. Spreadsheets and software]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the third in a series of short blogs about the new HMRC Charities Online system for claiming tax refunds.  It is written particularly for the majority of small/medium charities and CASCs with limited staff and software resources using the HMRC’s simple online spreadsheet system.  ]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/blog/countdown-to-charities-online-3-spreadsheets-and-software]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A day in the life of National Convention]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[I am not a morning person. An event has to be pretty special to get me out of bed the wrong side of 7am. There are, however, three days in early July when I can be found, voluntarily, aboard the early morning train to London: the three days of National Convention.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Countdown to Charities Online. 2. Registration. ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of short blogs about the new HMRC Charities Online system for claiming tax refunds.  It is written particularly for the majority of small/medium charities and CASCs with limited staff and software resources using the HMRC’s simple online spreadsheet system.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Countdown to Charities Online. A series of 5 blogs]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the first in a series of short blogs about the new HMRC Charities Online system for claiming tax refunds.  It is written particularly for the majority of small/medium charities and CASCs* with limited staff and software resources using the HMRC’s simple online spreadsheet system.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NPC responds to criticism of Money for Good UK]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On Friday Adrian Sergeant posted an entry on this blog responding to the recent launch of NPC’s Money for Good UK research, and highlighting some issues he has with the approach we took. Adrian is an interesting thinker in the fundraising area, and we share many objectives. But in this case I think his criticisms are misplaced and his concerns about the methodological approach colours his view of the whole project. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yogic legacies]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[What does the downward facing dog yoga position have in common with legacy marketing? Judging by the outcomes of our recent action learning set, the answer is you have to be very flexible to master them both.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Adrian Sargeant argues why getting the right data and researchers is key]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The recent Money for Good / New Philanthropy Capital report, ‘Understanding Donor Motivation and Behaviour’ should be withdrawn. It fails to add in any way to our knowledge of either topic and worse, provides ‘information’ that could be immensely damaging to the very charities they profess to be trying to help. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The way we think about charity is dead wrong]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA['The way we think about charity is dead wrong' is the title of a provocative talk given by Dan Pallotta at TED.  It’s a presentation that every Fundraising Director should be required to watch.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leadership, management and big decision-making]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Often, I ask groups of fundraisers whether the biggest decisions in their organisation should be made by dictat from the top, or by consensus with the staff.  It’s a bit of a trick question because of the way it’s worded, but nevertheless, between 90-100 per cent of fundraisers put their hands up for consensus. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A day in the life of a Volunteer at National Convention]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We are seeking 70 enthusiastic and hard-working people from across the sector to offer their services for the duration of National Convention 2013.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How can small charities make the most of social media?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the rise and rise of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, many smaller charities tell us they are still struggling to harness these channels for their own benefit. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why oh why is cutting the training budget seen as a sensible way to save money during straitened times?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[At a recent business breakfast Graham Leigh from Skills Third Sector told an audience of aspiring fundraising leaders that the average training budget per employee in our sector is £121. I could not help reflecting on this over the past few days, which led me to writing this rant (oops! I mean blog!)]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Top Major Donor Fundraisers Do Differently]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[What makes the best major donor fundraisers, the best? Put another way, what do the sectors top performing major donor fundraisers know, what do they actually do? What skills do they display and what personality characteristics do they have? Well, we wanted to know too.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[British philanthropists join the global Giving Pledge]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2010 Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, and Warren Buffet challenged their fellow American $$$ billionaires to publicly pledge to give away at least half their wealth to charitable causes. As five British pioneers place their pledge, is this the start of a similar challenge in the UK? ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Using research and insight for effective fundraising]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Two of our expert speakers at the upcoming Fundraising Insight Influencing Strategy conference share their advice on using research effectively in your organisation. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What are the challenges for arts fundraising?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The discussion on The Guardian website was rather apt timing with the 'Fundraising for arts, culture and heritage causes' conference just around the corner on the 4th March. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Overseas Treks: A Guide for Small Charities]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Being a small charity (and this, our first bespoke challenge) the learning curve was steep.  The rewards of such a venture - both financial and otherwise - have massive potential, but it’s not easy.  For all of you fundraisers thinking about overseas treks & charity challenges, here’s what I learned. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charities Online – new details and action points]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier this week HMRC released its latest news about the new Charities Online system that is going to be launched this Spring.  Every charity or community amateur sports club (CASC) that makes a Gift Aid tax refund claim will need to change its administrative processes in the next few months.  Existing claim methods will not be available after September 2013.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What should feature in a fundraising strategy?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are thinking about putting together a fundraising strategy for the first time, or you’re in the process of doing so, there are some things you will need to think about.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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