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Redesigning social challenges

27 Jan 2012 | Dan Sutch

Dan Sutch says charities need to be thinking about different ways to harness the skills of designers and technologists in order to tackle today's challenges.

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Charities need to engage with users to improve online giving, says report

Almost half of users who start an online donation fail to complete it, according to a new report which urges the sector to adopt a more personal approach to online donations.

Nick Hurd, minster for civil society and Emma-Jane Cross, chief executive of Beatbullying

Beatbulling has been awarded £1.3m from the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund to expand its services by setting up a new social action organisation.

Future trends: Predictions for charity IT in 2012

Once again, we asked IT suppliers for their predictions on how IT in the charity sector will change over the next year. Here are their responses.

CRUK adopts new events CRM software to increase donations

Cancer Research UK is the first UK charity to implement TeamRaiser software from Convio UK and will use it to manage its Relay for Life fundraising website.

Let's all get real - it's a competitive market - and anyone can enter the fray. Justgiving etc are all good stuff but we are all having to compete rather than "tree-hug".

» New BT fundraising website is 'Bullyboy Tactics', says social entrepreneur

Online fundraising company raises £3m

Charity shopping website, Easyfundraising has announced that it has raised £3m since it launched in 2005.

Bing campaign hopes to support unsung charities

Microsoft’s search engine Bing has revealed the first five charities that will take over its homepage this week for the launch of its Help Your Britain campaign.

UK computing charity opts to manufacture product abroad

Production of a cheap educational computer by UK charity the Raspberry Pi Foundation is underway, but the first batch is to be produced in China to save money.

Blackbaud to acquire Convio

US software provider Blackbaud has announced it plans to acquire Convio for roughly $312m, forming one of the largest software-as- a- service vendors in the market.

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