Off to the University of Kent today to deliver this presentation.

Old or young? Who thinks society would be better if people paid more tax?

Almost 70% of people 55+ favour higher levels of taxation- a 40 year high. Younger are opposed, says a recent UK study, though younger people have more leftist political views.

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Just realised I’ve got over 76,000 unread emails. Can anyone beat that?

Thoughts on and the key take aways from CAF's UK giving 2024 over on Linkedin linkedin.com/posts/markatbl…

Proven. Valuable. Replicable. What's not to like? The major appeal could be the innovation that you are looking for...

At last, something good found on Twitter. The crap camera club.

In this article, Mark Phillips shares three simple techniques to help you let donors know that they DO have the power to make a difference.

Click below to read more about how you can apply these to your next fundraising appeal.👇

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New blog post: How a couple of things that happened over 40 years ago influenced why a donor decided to give to charity today. queerideas.co.uk/2024/03/people…

Some Fundraising Directors say they need ‘products’. (Presumably to ‘sell’?) MPEs, Raffles, Events.

I have a different view.

The feel-good factor from the joy of giving is by far and away the greatest ‘product’ any fundraiser has to ‘sell’.

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Looks like some journalists at the The Observer finally got round to listening to jon ronson bbc series Things Fall Apart which was broadcast in January theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Some remarkable footage of Lenny Henry from years gone by on Comic Relief demonstrating their purpose and success in a remarkable way. Bravo!

David Brent lego minifig. The next video might be about working practices!

New blog post: Why do so many wealthy donors give so little? queerideas.co.uk/2024/03/why-do… #fundraising

If the typical UK donor has been giving just £20 a month to charity for much of the last decade, what does the typical donor from the wealthiest 1% of British society give?

New video on the impact of age and wealth on the £5bn hole in individual giving.
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New podcast published. I discuss with Giles Pegram where the missing £5 billion has gone from individual giving in the UK. Listen to the complete recording by searching for Why do people give? in your favourite podcast app or pop over to my blog queerideas.co.uk/2024/03/why-do…

New podcast will be published shortly. Following on from my videos on LinkedIn, I'm discussing with Giles Pegram CBE the possible reasons for the £5 billion shortfall in individual giving and ideas on how we can turn the situation around.

New video looking at which demographic group have cut back the most on their giving. Spoiler: it's not older people – who are actually giving more. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

I think it might be about time for UK fundraisers to start loving the donors they already have.

This racked up well over 3,000 views over on linkedin, but with #fundraisingtwitter being what it is, I'm guessing I'll get two likes and a complaint (and that will get ten likes). linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

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