Five tweets for fundraisers for 27 March 2017
Howard Lake | 27 March 2017 | News
Here are five more tweets to inform, inspire and entertain fundraisers.
1. True words spoken in jest
The #Charity Overheads Myth ("every penny spent on frontline") brilliantly skewered by @comicrelief Ladybird book pic.twitter.com/wBMONttl7S
— Beth Breeze (@UKCPhilanthropy) March 7, 2017
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The image is from The Ladybird Guide to the Do-Gooder, which is raising funds for Comic Relief.
2. Volunteers they are a-changin’
But do you know how? NCVO gives some tips, referencing new formats such as family volunteering (National Trust) and, of course, micro-volunteering.
How volunteer behaviour is changing – and how that might affect your charity, via @NickOckenden: https://t.co/vDBm2XArDn
— NCVO (@NCVO) March 23, 2017
3. It’s good to talk (and listen)
True fundraising. Two people, a good conversation, and an opportunity to ask and give.
The power of conversation. A very kind gentleman on my train home has just donated £800 to @TheBHF after we got talking about heart research
— Dan 💙 (@NorthEastDan) March 21, 2017
4. Animated magic
Here’s a clever use of the fact that you can always stop a GIF animation on Twitter simply by clicking on it. Kinky Boots have turned it into a game for Comic Relief.
🔴 Can you tap the GIF in time to give our Charlie a red nose for @comicrelief? 🔴 #RedNoseDay pic.twitter.com/QeP4UVTzgt
— Kinky Boots UK 👠 (@KinkyBootsUK) March 24, 2017
5. The value of an hour
The Disasters Emergency Committee made a telling link between the clocks going forward one hour in the UK at the weekend and the race against time to save people from starvation.
#Clocksgoforward tonight. For people facing starvation every hour counts. Don't delay, donate: https://t.co/ajddbyHdNr #FightingFamine pic.twitter.com/DnysxDHVil
— DEC (@decappeal) March 25, 2017
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.