Today was a good day spent at a conference organised by Help the Hospices and Institute of Fundraising. There was a great presentation by the digital expert at St Nicholas Hospice and Kevin the (really good) Director of Fundraising. As a relative novice in new media I found it interesting to hear that this relatively new tool
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20 January 2014
digital/social media and legacies
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Best Practice, Legacy Strategy, Making the ask
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14 January 2014
communications depts – are they enemies of fundraisers?
recently I have experienced some really frustrating examples of how fundraising departments are suffering from silo disease with their communication departments. I have bloggesd on http://101fundraising.org/ please go and visit for some fascinating views. 101 fundraising is a truly great crowdblog site.
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Best Practice, Legacy Strategy, Making the ask, Tips
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11 December 2013
beds fridges and stewardship
I had a fascinating conversation in bed with my wife last night (please do not be afraid, keep reading). Zoe said “If I bought a bed from John Lewis I would not want to be contacted by the white goods department”. This strange start to a conversation was leading to donor stewardship. How many legacy prospects want to be cultivated and
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Alerts & Updates, Best Practice, Legacy Strategy, Making the ask
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6 November 2013
perfect trustees
Just come out of a meeting and every single trustee has promised to leave a gift in their Will to their charity. Wow – perfect leadership!
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Alerts & Updates, Best Practice, Making the ask
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31 October 2013
legacy innovation
Just in case you are not aware of a new development, I have launched a new website called http://legacyinnovation.org/ I am trying to gain amazing examples of truly iconclastic campaigns which challenge the way we all think about legacies. Most campaigns are so similar that I want to weep, so let’s see what is new out
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Alerts & Updates, Best Practice, Legacy Strategy, Making the ask
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24 July 2013
innovation in legacy giving
What I find so amazing are the extraodrinarily fascinating ideas charity stakeholders have in focus groups. Perhaps it is because they are NOT fundraisers that they have such creative and iconoclastic ideas. Perhaps at last really new and good campaigns will help grow the sector with no thanks to fundraisers!
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Alerts & Updates, Best Practice, Legacy Strategy, Making the ask, Tips, Wills
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5 July 2013
it makes you cry and smile
Spent loads of time this week in hospices – luckily as part of my work rather than family life. I have met so many brave amazing patients and relatives in their 20’s – 80’s who have gone through such extraordinarily horrible times, experiencing loss of a wife/husband far too early in life. And yet they
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Best Practice, Legacy Strategy, Making the ask, Tips, Wills
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2 July 2013
Contested Wills
A great session at the IoF convention: The Great Legacy Debate. Fiona Campbell-White from Wilsons solicitors indicated that the number of contested wills might well fall due to the new legal aid rules: legal aid cannot now be used to contest a Will. The bad news was that she believes that lack of testamentary capacity cases
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Best Practice, Contested Wills, Legacy Strategy, Tips, Wills
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10 May 2013
legacy website pages a rant
I am at my wits end to find a good legacy pages on a charity website. I have looked at over 400 websites (small and large charities covering every causal area) in the last 18 months so that in my courses I can give some great examples. But I REALLY struggle. Amnesty has a great
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Best Practice, Legacy Strategy, Making the ask
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25 April 2013
contested Wills and charities
In only the last two days I have met so many people who have had really bad experiences with Wills, families and charities it is enough to make me cry. These are examples of really insensitive charity communications without any regard for families. Then a few hours later I meet a truly lovely older female
- By : Richard Radcliffe
- Best Practice, Contested Wills, Legacy Strategy, Wills
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