# New agency Open is open for business

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/11/10/new-agency-open-open-business/
- Published: 2008-11-10T16:15:49+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Open fundraising, a new agency for the not-for-profit sector, has launched. Set 
up by Tim Longfoot and James Briggs, formerly Client Services Director and Planning
Director at charity specialists Bluefrog, Open “will bring the right people together
to change the world.”

The new agency will offer services covering integrating telephone, face-to-face 
and digital media, but will specialise particularly in the areas of social networking
technology and corporate partnerships.

Duncan Olby, Head of Financial Products at Paypal and former Commercial Director
of Airmiles, joins as Open’s first non-executive director.

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Briggs said: “We called it Open because that’s the first thing you need anyone to
do with a communication. But it’s also about using open technologies to bring people
together and the way we want to work”.

Longfoot added: “The fact is that the best people will almost always be outside 
your company. An open network of partners means a better service for charities and
better results for the people they help.”

The company has already won its first pitch according to the statistics on its [blog](http://www.whoreallygivesatoss.blogspot.com).

www.openfundraising.com

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