# Day one at the IoF National Fundraising Convention 2015

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/07/13/day-one-at-the-iof-national-fundraising-convention-2015/
- Published: 2015-07-13T12:14:49+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Last week the Institute of Fundraising National Fundraising Convention took place
in London, with over 2,500 fundraisers attending, with the theme of #BestYouCanBe.
The opening day saw a wide range of sessions, product launches, conversations, the
National Fundraising Awards in the evening, and the first in another series of criticisms
of some fundraising practices by The Daily Mail. Here is a summary of that first
day.   _Editor’s update: this Storify is no longer available: [https://storify.com/howardlake/national-convention-2015-day-one](https://storify.com/howardlake/national-convention-2015-day-one)_

 * **[What I learned from my first National Fundraising Conference](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/07/16/what-i-learned-from-my-first-national-fundraising-conference/)**(
   16 July 2015)
 * **[What makes an exceptional fundraiser? Expect the unexpected!](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/17/makes-exceptional-fundraiser-expect-unexpected/)**(
   17 June 2016)
 * **[Don’t forget to make people feel tingly](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/05/dont-forget-make-people-feel-tingly/)**(
   5 July 2016)