Contents of magazine
Jonathan Orchard – sometimes it is the trustee board operating on the basis of trust and not holding the executive team properly to account.
Carol Rudge – take a fresh look at your processes around forecasting.
Scott Logie – testing, learning and implementing enables campaigns to be improved incrementally.
Katie Taaffe – before you can get volunteers through the metaphorical door, they have to hear about you and your mission to encourage them to join you.
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Contents – No. 148 New Year 2023
Page 1 – Stop being so horrible to older donors
Richard Blausten on websites not deterring or excluding cheque payers.
Page 2 – When charity governance goes wrong
Jonathan Orchard on trustees avoiding bad governance.
Page 3 – Rethinking your charity’s outreach
Shaf Mansour on embracing digital donors.
Page 4 – Keeping up the impact of ICAP Charity Day
Marsha Lacey on selecting charities and analysing use of money.
Page 5 – Navigating the cost of living crisis
Carol Rudge on charities reacting to current financial pressures.
Page 6 – Planning your charity’s marketing campaign
Scott Logie on successful donor campaign planning.
Page 7 – The law’s benevolence to the honest charity trustee
Jonathan Fowles on when there are honest breaches of duty.
Page 8 – New wave volunteers require new wave platforms
Katie Taaffe on managing volunteers with platform technology.
Publisher and Editor Richard Blausten
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