# Fundraising Ireland conference ‘great success’

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/10/05/fundraising-ireland-conference-e%cb%9cgreat-success039/
- Published: 2006-10-05T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Fundraising Ireland 2006 – the conference organised by Back Page Books – was a‘
great success’ when it took place in Dublin last week.**

The event, held at the Guinness Storehouse, had sold out and 180 fundraisers attended
the series of plenaries and sessions centred around the techniques and theories 
of individual giving.

The opening plenary by Deirdre Garvey took an overview of the fundraising sector
in Ireland, explaining how it had reached its present position and what the future
held. The sector is coming together as a cohesive entity far more than it has in
the past, although there are still many disparate organisations and groups. In the
future, training needs to be improved and fundraisers need to make more efforts 
to understand their donors and their motivations better. More research on the sector
would help to develop the necessary infrastructure to bring this about.

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Individual sessions included Damian O’Broin of Ask Direct talking about the way 
we communicate with our donors. He took online giving as a great example of how 
to communicate well and how to do it badly and alienate your donors.

The event was supported by Fundraising Initiatives as principal sponsor, with Forward
Emphasis and The Wheel providing additional support. UK Fundraising acted as media
partner throughout the build-up and the event itself.

Organiser Penny Stephens said she hoped to be able to run a similar event in the
future. “The feedback has been fantastic”, she said. “This is the first time such
an event has been run in Ireland and we were delighted to get so many Irish fundraisers
in one place.

“We have a solid base to build on and some invaluable comments to feed into the 
thinking process to make the next event bigger and better and more relevant to Irish
fundraisers’ needs”.

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