May 2008: The Integration Challenge

Silo mentality

Ever heard the one about how the services department doesn’t talk to the fundraising department (“that sales/money stuff is so grubby!”). | more...

Medium integration for maximum leverage

The number of mediums or channels now available to fundraisers to get their message out is staggering – direct mail; donor newsletters; a zillion online possibilities; the telephone; print, radio and TV media for CSAs to name a few. | more...

Out of Zvox

The seeds of Bible Society NSW’s record-breaking “Zvox” appeal were sown in the organisation’s shake-up and new approach to donors. Mark Lees takes up the story. | more...

Surfing to success; nonprofit style

At a recent awards ceremony the most successful nonprofits exploiting the online channel were acknowledged. | more...

Calf scheme becomes cash cow

Many jokes have been made about New Zealand’s distorted ratio of people to livestock. | more...

Exam time for uni donation transparency

The reporting of private donations made to Australian universities is patchy at best, but a new study promises to shed greater clarity. Natalea Iskra sought the reaction of development executives on the value of the report. | more...

Dermatology may save us from karaoke fundraising

Jon Duschinsky argues that if fundraisers are to be innovative, they first need to become hypersensitive. | more...

Donors running out of puff?

Donors running out of puff? Donor fatigue. It’s a term you hear bandied about but what is it and does it really exist? F&P asked some leading fundraisers to share their inner-most thoughts on the subject . | more...

Donors as customers, literally

Charities with commercial operations are not new. | more...

Amnesty’s new chief advocate

It’s not often that fundraising/marketing bods take the reigns of a nonprofit organisation, so Claire Mallinson, the newish CEO at Amnesty International Australia (AIA) has fractured, if not broken the mould. | more...

F&P launches new fundraising award

Fundraising and Philanthropy Australasia Magazine (F&P) will this year launch a new award recognising leading executives in the sector. | more...

Are advisers ready or not?

Are advisers ready or not? Financial advisers can play an important role in advising wealthy people about philanthropy, but what do advisers themselves think of the subject, and how might this shape their advice. Kym Madden reports. | more...

Giving at work on the up

There is very little formal research about workplace giving in Australia, but the organisations that facilitate it are finding greater take up by companies and a number of interesting trends are emerging. Jeremy Bradshaw and Janie Gilmour report. | more...