11 quotations from IoF National Convention
Howard Lake | 16 July 2014 | Blogs
Here is my collection of favourite quotes from last week’s Institute of Fundraising National Convention..
1. “Fundraising is not a necessary evil, it is a necessary good.”
Lloyd Grossman during his excellent Wednesday afternoon plenary.
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2. “The money is the mission.”
Alan Clayton, architect of the ProudFundraiser campaign.
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3. “Fundraising isn′t just about money, it is about relationships.”
Richard Taylor, new IoF chair
4. “Without fundraising you are someone else’s bitch.”
Alan Clayton explains how raising your own income allows you to be independent and impartial
5. “Too many of the recent surveys that purport to show what the public thinks about fundraising have been of the type: Tick the box to show much do you hate chuggers.”
Professor Adrian Sargeant critiques recent research – he conceded that he was ‘exaggerating to prove a point’.
6. “Now I can say what I really think.”
Mark Astarita on his new-found freedom of expression now that he is no longer constrained by IoF corporate comms guidelines.
7. “Low admin costs are not good news and they are not bad news: they are financial wizardry.”
nfpSynergy’s Joe Saxton implies SORP isn’t as watertight as it could be.
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8. “I have huge respect for Mark [Astarita] but I choke when he says the best fundraisers are in the UK.”
AFP ceo and president Andrew Watt challenges British fundraising’s global superiority complex.
9. “I am sorry but as a professional fundraiser who creates a culture of giving and someone who represents donors, I cannot allow such disparaging language about my profession.”
Elizabeth Loudon of Prospero partners on how to confront the disparaging language of trustees and colleagues.
10. “Most charities have more people proofreading their annual report than actually reading it.”
Joe Saxton suggests many charities have their communications priorities wrong.
11. “The only difference between major donors and major donor fundraisers is how much they have in their bank accounts.”
Dr Beth Breeze points out that donors and fundraisers share similar values and aspirations, if not wealth.
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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.