Green shoots or is it just us?
Howard Lake | 18 May 2009 | Blogs
The past months have seen a steady trickle of new projects cross my desk in the guise of prospective clients, now this is turning into a veritable flood, as trustees seem to think the time is at last right to launch all those projects they held back last year.
This either means that confidence in the future has returned to the Third Sector or that organisations just can’t wait to start that capital appeal programme, or to go after those mega grants or friendly fat cats. On the other hand it could just be us at IFC towers who are having a welcome surge in interest after all our past brilliance…
There is also the risk / reward factor. In uncertain times using consultants lessens risk and increases reward albeit at an immediate and early cost to any campaign. Indeed these factors apply at all times, but it seems our prospective clients are more conscious of the downside in recessionary times.
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John
www.internationalfundraisingconsultancy.com
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.