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Action plan
Moving on from strategy to making the strategy real requires an action plan. (10/04/2001)

Budgeting and evaluation
Budgeting and evaluation are vital in fundraising, but often thought of as a real drag. This fact sheet helps to make budgeting a motivational and productive tool that fundraisers can use positively. (10/04/2001)

Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
This fact sheet looks at Business Intelligence solutions for charities. (08/05/2002)

Charities & VAT
Ask Charlie looks at the issues facing Charities and VAT. (08/05/2002)

Creating Confidence
Creating confidence is a skill every fundraiser needs to cultivate and understand. Confidence from all the stakeholders is necessary for successful fundraising. (20/04/2002)

Effective Tax Giving
A simple guide to tax effective giving, what it means in the different areas. (20/04/2002)

Fundraisers as a sales force
Discusses fundraising as a sales discipline. (08/03/2001)

Fundraiser's volunteer survey
A survey asking charity supporters about their attitudes to volunteering (08/03/2001)

General Press Pack
This includes all the information you should have within your press pack. (20/04/2002)

IT for charities - guide to databases
This fact sheet discusses databases and their role within charities. (08/03/2001)

IT for charities - guide to PC & network security
This fact sheet looks at your security on your network and PC's. (08/03/2001)

IT Strategy Review
Whether you are reviewing your IT Strategy or starting this process this fact sheet looks at why it is important and what can be achieved. (08/05/2002)

Looking after fundraisers
A discussion on ensuring the fundraising team is managed properly. (08/03/2001)

Lotteries act
Looking at the Lottery Act (08/03/2001)

Market research
A short guide to market research. (08/03/2001)

Marketing effectiveness - external communication
Strength in communication with the public is imperative if a charity is to be efficient and effective. This fact sheet looks into that communication. (08/03/2001)

Marketing strategy and planning
Discussion on marketing strategy in the fundraising place (08/03/2001)

Organising productive meetings
Meetings are often not conducted effectively and efficiently, therefore causing people to loathe them. This fact sheet finds ways to help you organise your meetings effectively. (10/04/2001)

PR in Fundraising
A fact sheet which looks at how fundraisers can encourage press for their organisation. (20/04/2002)

Relationship marketing and fundraising
Taking the buzz word and explaining its practical meaning, this fact sheet looks at creating real relationships with your donor base. (08/03/2001)

Selecting Membership and Fundraising Systems
Vital to most charities, this fact sheet explores how one goes about selecting membership and fundraising systems. (08/05/2002)

Strategy
Points on what you need to do to create a living working strategy. (10/04/2001)

Target marketing & the fundraiser
Potential targets are discussed to help the fundraiser break down their database. (08/03/2001)

The Fundraisers Financial Year Resolution
Looking back at the last year and forward to the next, this fact sheet looks at evaluation and forecasting. (20/04/2002)

Tips for Fundraisers
3 tips that fundraisers should use in their work inlcuding brainstorming, volunteers and companies. (20/04/2002)

Using Your Database
Further look at using your database. Looking at data, useabiltiy and fast track action (20/04/2002)

Using your volunteers in a fundraising capacity
Looking at the role of volunteers within fundraising (08/03/2001)

Volunteer fundraising
A further look at volunteers and their role in charities (08/03/2001)

What is Business Process Reviews
A fact sheet defines the Business Process Review (08/05/2002)

Your database
A summary of what you need to look for in your database. (10/04/2001)

Bulletins

Q: I've just taken over a team of fundraisers and they're so demotivated. I'm almost at a loss as to know what to do.

A: Motivation is probably the key factor to successful fundraising. I suggest you simply take each one off site and talk to them about their job, what they want from it, things they feel they want to change and why. Keep it about work. Follow up what you hear, and make positive changes as quickly as possible. It is better to start with small things as they show you have been listening and they gain your trust before you decide to change policy!

If at all possible try and have a personal early success that shows you are someone of action who has experience and can make a difference. Respect is a very good motivation and management tool. (Posted 16/04/2001)

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