Forgot to share this a couple of weeks back. Thanks for to Charity Chat Podcast for letting me talk about some of my favourite topics - ethics, regulation, the professionalisation of fundraising and why my wife Sarah MacQuillin is a great fundraiser.

Thinking about this again, a voice at the back of my head tells me it might have been focus groups run by JGA 💙, probably c2006? Can you shed any light, John?

You can take the boy out of F2F but you can't take F2F out of the boy.

Maybe. But he's fitter than both Joffra Archer and Ollie Stone. espncricinfo.com/story/ashes-20…

Hi FIA - can you tell me in which year you were formed please? And if possible can you point me towards a reference for your formation. Thanks

King George VI having fun.

Can anyone help me crowd source the punchline.

On entering the session on AI at #CIOFFC yesterday. Me: Hi Meredith, what brings you to this session on AI? Meredith Niles: I'm interested in AI. Can't argue with that.

New office is finally taking shape. With Australian #highereducation #fundraising continuing to mature, it’s important to reaffirm why our roles exist and why our work is important to the institutions we serve. Thanks for the words Rogare & Ian MacQuillin

“Male-dominated keynotes and speakers at conferences send the message that females are not leaders in their profession.” @HeatherRHill1 considers why women are unrepresented in leadership roles in fundraising. criticalfundraising.com/2019/09/04/kno…

Ian MacQuillin: Effective altruism would turn fundraisers into philanthropic tax collectors thirdsector.co.uk/ian-macquillin…

FYI Damian O'Broin

True, I am disappointed by the continuing criticism. But the bigger picture is the harm these attack marketing strategies - often carried out by companies coming into the charity sector from the commercial sector - potentially have on all fundraising.

Maybe for you, Damian O'Broin?

FYI Marina Jones. I'm a bit surprised London Zoo had dormice. Thirty bob was a lot of money in 1939. That's about £60 today. Perhaps that was annual penguin sponsorship.