Daryl Upsall

Pivoting and pirouetting: how face-to-face got the moves during coronavirus

by Daryl Upsall

Despite the 1st International Face2Face Fundraising Congress being forced to move online during the pandemic, organiser Daryl Upsall sees a bright future ahead and celebrates the face-to-face fundraisers who have risen to the challenge.

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Daryl Upsall FCIOF, President, Upsall International (he/him)

Based in Madrid, Daryl has a 44-year international career in fundraising and advocacy for non-profits and social causes. He is known for his leadership and innovation, pioneering digital fundraising and co-creator of face-to-face fundraising with Greenpeace International in the 1990s. 

He is the founder and president of Upsall International, the global fundraising consulting and recruitment agency which over 25 years has worked with over 300 UN agencies and leading non-profits across more than 80 countries. Daryl provides strategic advice to Board Chairs and CEOs of national and international NGOs. 

He was Vice-Chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in the USA, is on the Board of the Irish Emergency Alliance. Daryl was made a Fellow of UK’s Chartered Institute of Fundraising n 2010 in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the fundraising profession. He is the co-founder of the International Fundraising Leadership Forum and has spoken at nonprofit fundraising conferences in 36 countries.