CDE project 23: part 2 - project 7 - 10

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

7. Companies

8. Trusts and foundations

9. Major donors

10. Legacies

CDE project 23: part 3 - project 11

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

11. Communication with individual donors

11a. Mass Media

11b. Direct Mail

11c. Digital

11d. Community fundraising

11e. Telephone fundraising

11f. Face to face fundraising

CDE project 23: part 4 - project 12 - 17

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

12. Inspirational creativity

13. Giving choices and managing preferences

14. Getting the right people as fundraisers

15. The role of trustee boards and senior management

16. A distinctive service culture

17. Leadership

CDE project 23: part 5 - project 18 - 22

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

18. Supporters as advocates

19. Evidence of impact and effectiveness

20. Fundraising investment

21. Working with suppliers

22. Media relations and the public face of charities

CDE project 23: part 6 - list of contributors

by The Commission on the Donor Experience

A very special thanks to the following individuals who volunteered their time to review and present the observations and recommendations in this project. 

Blue Cross: Tap Dogs

by SOFII

Terrific innovation by animal charity Blue Cross who found a funny and eye-catching way to get their rescue dogs to lend their paws to the cause.

SOS Children's Villages Norway: would you give your jacket to Johannes?

by Suzi Attree

Would you give your coat to a freezing child? Strangers help a young boy sitting alone without a jacket in freezing weather in a campaign that raised awareness of the plight of Syrian refugees.

Refuge: The Helen Titchener (nee Archer) Rescue Fund

by Louise McCathie

A fan of Radio BBC 4's popular programme 'The Archers' created an online fundraising page for Refuge in response to a domestic violence storyline. 

Inspiration is scary

by Alan Clayton

Alan Clayton shows us how to find a great ‘why?’ and how the best organisations do this by reaching for impossible ambitions. And it’s scary. But as Alan says, it’s also necessary.

One Girl: Do It In A Dress

by Lizzi Hollis

Dresstastic challenge event from Australia that allows volunteers to use their creative fundraising juices and have fun.

Becoming the bee, with Jean Bishop

by Alfie Waldron

Meet Jean, a 91-year-old with a passion for fundraising, a smile for everyone she meets and a brilliant homemade bee costume.

How we deal with data, why it matters and why we’ve really got to get this right, right now

by Ken Burnett

Access to and control of data is becoming more and more restricted, which will have serious repercussions on UK charities, so we need to get how we deal with data right - now. This is the realisation Ken Burnett came to after reading Steve MacLaughlin’s Data Driven Nonprofits and his conclusions are essential reading for all fundraisers.