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Four Points for Board Leadership in Philanthropy
Leadership is the biggest influence on philanthropic engagement and effective fundraising practice. A big statement? Perhaps. However, in my observation and experience, everything hinges on

A Conversation About Cost (of Fundraising)
Have you ever been in a conversation when the right words came 20 minutes after the conversation finished? When you thought of the insightful comment

How we Think about Fundraising Changes Everything
Fundraising is simple isn’t it. The word says it all. It’s about getting money. So, it follows that raising funds, or money, is simply a

To Do or To Change – A Question for Social Purpose Organisations
What sort of organisation is yours? Do you do things, or do you change things? So, what’s the difference? And why does it even matter?

The Relativity of Time
I was back in Adelaide at the beginning of the year. I say back, as Adelaide was where I was born and raised, and my

R-E-S-P-E-C-T……what it means to you
Otis Redding wrote about it. Aretha Franklin sang about it. It is a gift we can all seek at times. And we can also feel