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Just left my legacy session. I asked: what prohibits really good legacy fundraising? Interestingly it was lack of resources. For some reason I had thought: Trustees, CEOs, DFRs but no – it is resources. Or is it the TRUSTEES and CEOs blocking the investment?

Just leaving Canada and reading Rusell James’s research. Wish I had been there. It seems to me that this research absolutely confirms the link between legator and the cause. Best legacy campaigns always try to re-ignite memories so that the motivation can be reflected onto the prospect. – great stuff. What has blown me away

I am about to fly to Calgary (weather 15 degrees) then four more flighte finishing in Toronto (weather 45 degrees – seriously). It is a legacy business trip so I will see: a room a plane (economy) and a hotel. 5 flights in 5 days = must make sureI have my life insuracnce policy up

Surveys and academic papers, over the decades, by Harvard Business School, University of British Columbia and many other brilliant schools of academia have proved that happy people give more to charity than unhappy people. And the act of giving to others gives more happiness than giving to ourselves. Giving a legacy to ourselves is pretty

I am just back from a week’s holiday. My own car has parking sensors on the back – these are brilliant to prohibit damage. However, my rented car in Mallorca did not. So I reversed into a gate on day one and a wheelbarrow in a market on day two. Luckily I did not reverse