Five tweets for fundraisers on 15 August 2017
Howard Lake | 15 August 2017 | News
Here is another in our occasional round-up of tweets of interest to fundraisers. We’ve searched and selected some views, ideas, opportunities, challenges, humour and sometimes simply peculiar stories.
1. When is voluntary involuntary?
For a voluntary levy, there’s a surprisingly wide range of organisations trying to persuade (again!) all relevant charities to pay it.
Blog from @hradojev: Is the fundraising levy really 'voluntary' anymore? https://t.co/nsxJVfqo0c pic.twitter.com/HiUeKaUx7w
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— Fundraising Magazine (@CSFundraising) August 2, 2017
2. Future philanthropy
Tomorrow’s philanthropy explained in a slideshare within a tweet, rather than a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, thanks to Professor Jen Shang.
Read impassioned Prof. Jen Shang's report on "Tomorrow's Philanthropy" from her #IFCAsia keynote here: https://t.co/lKcTt6cuET
— The Resource Alliance (@TheResAlliance) July 27, 2017
3. Round as a pound
There are now more new one pound coins in circulation than old round pounds. But there’s still time to encourage supporters to donate the older ones before the deadline of 15 October.
And ask them to look out for the Edinburgh and Cardiff city £1 coins: they are the rarest version of the round pound and could be worth from £25 to £50, according to Change Checker.
Thank you for returning over 900million round pounds! Spend, bank or donate your round £1s before 15th Oct. #QuidsIn pic.twitter.com/kQPsIxXu5y
— The Royal Mint (@RoyalMintUK) August 5, 2017
4. Rubber necking at rubber ducks
https://twitter.com/Complex/status/893193004235636736
5. A new hope – for copywriting
These are the words you are looking for.
My colleague @ejsnoek just asked for this to send to a client so I thought I'd tweet it again – FR copy by Princess Leia: pic.twitter.com/6Zmmcr5iX1
— Adrian Salmon (@adriansalmon) August 9, 2017
Main image: blue bird from the New York Public Library
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.