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iHobo - finally, a charity iPhone app that makes you think 14

12 May 2010 | Jonathan Waddingham

Topics: Digital fundraising | Mobile technology

A new iPhone app by Depaul actually makes users feel something (while getting around donation restrictions). That is revolutionary, says Jonathan Waddingham.

iHobo - finally, a charity iPhone app that makes you think

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And the winner is... 1

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro
6 Jul 2010

Topics: And finally

Not many things will silence a room hundreds-deep with half-drunk fundraisers, but Lindsay Boswell taking to the podium and announcing "we made a mistake tonight is one of them, says Celina Ribeiro.

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Must we get our kit off to get noticed? 8

Fundraising | Rowena Lewis
1 Apr 2010

Topics: Campaigns

Rowena Lewis is shocked by the Autism Trust's new poster campaign showing its founder 'getting 'em out' for the boys.

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Lloyds TSB campaigners need to change tack 1

Governance | Gareth Jones
21 Jun 2010

Topics: Funding | Grants & Grantmaking | Leadership and strategy

Gareth Jones argues that the campaign on behalf of the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland is focusing on the wrong issue, and that the Foundation must compromise if it is to prevent Scottish charities'...

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Governance | Celina Ribeiro
6 Jan 2010

Topics: Social networking | Websites

Civil Society is searching for two new bloggers in a nationwide competition to find fresh voices in the sector.

It was facile, lazy journalism, but even worse was the response (or lack of one) from the charities themselves.

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'Slacktivists' - a(nother) new kind of donor? 3

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro
3 Feb 2010

Topics: Social networking | Digital fundraising

We’ve had new philanthropists, philanthropcapitalists, Felicity donors and now, strike the drumroll, the sector has a cute new catchphrase to describe another new kind of donor.

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Gotta love Google 1

Fundraising | Jonathon Grapsas
18 Dec 2009

I'm not just talking about Google's search function, of which they dominate the market with a 60 per cent share. But if your charity isn't already receiving Google Grants, get to it.

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"Please, I beg of you, let me give you something for nothing" 1

Fundraising | Jeremy Swain
10 Nov 2009

Topics: Major donors | Philanthropy

Most days we are rung at Thames Reach by somebody who wants to help the homeless; it is really rather gratifying. Media bods come with propositions intended to shed fresh light on ‘The Plight of the...

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Newsnight chugger-bashing programme exposed nothing more than public ignorance 3

Fundraising | Tania Mason
27 Aug 2010

Topics: Face to face fundraising

Tania Mason is frustrated by the ignorance shown in last night’s BBC investigation that “exposed” the fact that charities sometimes hire private companies to supply them with services.

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