# Five tweets for fundraisers on 25 February 2019

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/02/25/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-on-25-february-2019/
- Published: 2019-02-25T07:59:24+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**So many tweets about fundraising, so many good ones to choose from, but as always
we narrow them down to a manageable five at a time. So here is the latest serving
of five tweets.**

## 1. Known unknowns

A new book from Tom Ahern is always good news from fundraisers. If only you’d known…
you’d have raised so much more offers “airtight answers to 40 questions essential
to your fundraising success”

https://twitter.com/thattomahern/status/1098355579511283712

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## 2. Siegfried Voegele

From the latest book to one from the past.

Siegfried Voegele? No, nor me! Chris Keating is performing a service for all fundraisers
by resurrecting and summarising his valuable thoughts on direct mail.

> One for all the fundraisers – I've started to summarise Siegfried Voegele's insights
> into direct mail in blog posts, here is the first one. Let me know what you think!
> [#fundraising](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fundraising?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [https://t.co/gTtzGOo7la](https://t.co/gTtzGOo7la)
> — Xris Xeating (@chriskeating) [February 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/chriskeating/status/1091691309138624512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

## 3. Emoji for half the world’s population. Period.

Emojis cover lots of different emotions, occasions, experiences and thoughts. But
without the activities of Plan UK and other campaign groups, there would still be
no emoji to convey menstruation.

> We are thrilled to announce that we are actually getting a [#PeriodEmoji](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeriodEmoji?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!
> It is through your support that we can now celebrate that the [@unicode](https://twitter.com/unicode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> have announced that we will get our first ever [#PeriodEmoji](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeriodEmoji?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> in March 2019 🎊
> Find out more here ▶[https://t.co/dKd4WwEShX](https://t.co/dKd4WwEShX) [pic.twitter.com/CdyG5fapAx](https://t.co/CdyG5fapAx)
> — Plan International UK (@PlanUK) [February 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/PlanUK/status/1093122510458159104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

## 4. Function over form

A reminder from RNIB that fancy fonts in your Twitter name can make your messages
hard to understand if you use assistive technologies.

> Tweets that appear to have a special font are actually mathematical characters.
> Original tweet: You this it's cute to write your tweets and usernames this way.
> But have you listened to what it sounds like with assistive technologies like 
> VoiceOver? [https://t.co/cTgm6gANWV](https://t.co/cTgm6gANWV)
> — RNIB (@RNIB) [January 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/RNIB/status/1083304456182222848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## 5. Bold Barnardo’s

It is always time for bold ideas to try to change things for the better. This initiative
from Barnardo’s stands out as particularly bold and ambitious. It’s not fundraising
related as far as I can see, but an impressive collaboration of talented individuals
and organisations.

> Big day for us today at [#futurebarnardos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/futurebarnardos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> No more sneaking around quietly 🐱. It's time to make some big noise in children's
> health and care.
> Want to come play? [https://t.co/Kof5oTLm6W](https://t.co/Kof5oTLm6W)
> cc [@TeamPrimeLtd](https://twitter.com/TeamPrimeLtd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@BerwickPartners](https://twitter.com/BerwickPartners?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [@jukesie](https://twitter.com/jukesie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@CharityComms](https://twitter.com/CharityComms?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [@digitalcharity](https://twitter.com/digitalcharity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@TechforgoodCAST](https://twitter.com/TechForGoodCAST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> — Jason (@xcaplin) [February 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/xcaplin/status/1093788073962471424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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