Fundraising

Nonprofits in the Current Chaotic Time

(Photo credit: SCMP) Most of the society seems to come to a halt these days. Social distancing, shops closed, office work at home, diners...

Monthly Giving: Reasons It’s a Must for Every Nonprofit

I have had lunch with the fundraising chief of an INGO recently, among others we talked about the effectiveness and relevance of direct...

Show Me the Stories

I’m aware that I have mentioned the importance of telling stories for so many times in my blog posts and as my company name suggests,...

Hurray, We Break a World Record!

Out of the blue, a few of my charity clients asked respectively over the last few weeks of whether it’s a good idea of organizing an...

Keep Boring Me or I’m Going Next Door!!!

I visited Hong Kong Council of Social Service’s annual Caring Company Partnership Expo two weeks ago, which is one of the grand annual...

What Are You Asking For?

More than once, I heard the following askes when I was doing mock asking during a client training session or accompany them to do their...

Why Don’t We Use Box Files for Donors’ Record?

Not joking, this is the unexpected comment from one of the executive committee members of a local charity. I was sitting in their Exco...

Social Marketing ≠ Social Media Marketing

Even though social media and social media marketing have been around and developed for quite some time, there is still a lot of people...

I'm Getting Rid of Annual Reports!

At the beginning of a new year, it sounds like the perfect time to talk about the subject issue. Remember my prior post Annual Report is...

Don't be Greedy!

Here is the photo of a monthly donation appeal of which I received from the post this morning. Sorry, I can't stop laughing out loud when...