# Resources from Ireland's National Fundraising conference

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/03/31/resources-ireland039s-national-fundraising-conference/
- Published: 2011-03-31T10:40:11+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Yesterday’s third annual Fundraising Ireland conference in Dublin was attended by
over 300 fundraisers, having sold out a couple of weeks before. The event consisted
of a half-day pre-conference event of masterclasses, followed by the full one-day
event at the new and impressive Conference Centre Dublin, on the banks of the Liffey.

Here are some of the resources from the event shared by speakers and participants.

 **[Donor Care in the Downturn](http://www.slideshare.net/damianob/donor-care-in-the-downturn)**

 View more [presentations](http://www.slideshare.net) from [Damian O’Broin](http://www.slideshare.net/damianob)

 **[Fundraising Ireland – Beyond the Like](http://www.slideshare.net/conorbyrne/fundraising-ireland-beyond-the-like)**

 View more [presentations](http://www.slideshare.net) from [conorbyrne](http://www.slideshare.net/conorbyrne)

There was an enthusiastic presence for the event on Twitter with delegates present
and those further afield discussing and sharing content from the event via the #
smartfundraising hashtag:

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 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23smartfundraising

By the end of the day there had been over 650 tweets featuring that hashtag, and
the word ‘trended’ ie. was one of the most frequently occurring words or phrases
on Twitter in Dublin and Ireland:

http://searchhash.com/link.php?q=%23smartfundraising&s=_smartfundraising_033105

http://trendsmap.com/local/ie/dublin

A good example of how this ‘backchannel’ discussion at a conference can bring in
a bigger and relevant audience includes this response from Depaul UK. They had spotted
their name and one of their videos mentioned at the conference and, although not
present at the conference, were able to answer some delegates’ question via Twitter:

Hello to all at [#smartfundraising](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23smartfundraising)!
To earlier questions: sorry, iHobo isn’t available in ROI but you can view vid here:
[http://bit.ly/i5vFfg](http://bit.ly/i5vFfg)[Wed Mar 30 12:29:33 ](http://twitter.com/DepaulUK/status/53071361668681730)
via web[](http://twitter.com/DepaulUK)**[Depaul UK](http://twitter.com/DepaulUK)**

DepaulUK

How did they do this? They were presumably getting alerts each time their charity’s
name appeared on Twitter.

I’ll add other resources that I come across. What have I missed?

The event was organised by Fundraising Ireland.

www.fundraisingireland.ie/whats-new/events/the-3rd-national-conference-for-fundraisers-
in-ireland/

 * **[50 fundraisers graduate from Institute of Fundraising Academy](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/05/28/50-fundraisers-graduate-institute-fundraising-academy/)**(
   28 May 2012)
 * **[Great Fundraising 2013 – The Event is launched](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/03/great-fundraising-2013-event039-launched/)**(
   3 June 2013)
 * **[First Fundraising miniCamp to run with Britain’s Personal Best](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/10/31/first-fundraising-minicamp-run-britain039s-personal-best/)**(
   31 October 2013)