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#85 Making a Call: The Importance of De-Mystifying Telephone Fundraising

The term ‘pivoting’ has gained considerable cultural currency in the past few months. It is almost impossible to scroll through a...

Peter Coleman Ph.D.

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Quantity vs Quality: Can we have it all?

To misquote Jane Austen: ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a F2F industry in possession of high volume, must be in want of...

Peter Coleman Ph.D.

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We’d like to change, but how…?

In the last week Fundraising Partners started a conversation about the opportunity we have to change face to face fundraising for the...

Paul Tavatgis

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What You Don’t Change, You Choose

It’s been an exciting week here at Fundraising Partners with the launch of the ‘Irregular Giving Project’. The response so far has been...

Peter Coleman Ph.D.

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F2F 2.0 - an opportunity for transformation

We at Fundraising Partners believe there is a rare opportunity to transform the landscape of face to face fundraising (F2F) in Australia...

Adam Watson

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#84 Health is a habit you must commit to

Why the ‘war on the waist’ is a lesson for fundraising managers when weight and age are used as proxies for the health of a body and f2f...

Adam Watson

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#83 Assumptions are made...

It was Albert Einstein who said: “assumptions are made, and most assumptions are wrong.” In our ‘post-truth’ era where experts often take...

Peter Coleman Ph.D.

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F2F Fundraising and Telemarketing in 2020

They say that only a fool would make predictions – especially about the future but let’s see how we went with last year’s forecast and...

Adam Watson

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#82 It might actually be rocket science!: Newton's Laws of Motion and Fundraising

Direct marketers and copywriters will be screaming at us to stop. In November we write a blog about Epicurus and this month it’s all...

Adam Watson

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#81 The “Maximum Benefit” line and how it harms face to face fundraising

There is a difference between fundraising and selling. Inspiring someone to give creates a long-term emotional connection with a cause....

Paul Tavatgis

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Why you should be Mystery Shopping your face to face fundraising campaign?

Face to face fundraising (F2F) remains one of the most powerful ways charities bring new supporters into their cause. A good conversation between a fundraiser and a member of the public can create a genuine connection that leads to years of support. But the reality is simple. Many charities do not actually know what is being said in those conversations. Reports will tell you how many donors were signed up. Agencies will tell you how the campaign performed. Dashboards will sho

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Training Your Donor Care Team: Support, Save, and Sell

If you’ve ever been on the other end of a donor call or even just read an attrition report you know this truth: your donor care team is the heartbeat of your fundraising. They’re not just answering phones or replying to emails, they are the people who keep your supporters engaged, informed, and feeling genuinely valued. And in the world of regular giving, that engagement is everything. Too often, donor care can be treated as a transactional exercise. “Answer the query, note i

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