# Successful Fundraising

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/successful-fundraising/
- Published: 2001-09-04T12:27:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**John Baguley followed his 1996 first edition of Successful Fundraising with a 
second revised edition in 2000.**

Designed as a fundraising handbook for NGOs and published by Bibliotek Books, it
is also published in Russian.

The first edition became an [Open University recommended text](https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/06/29/success-successful-fundraising/).

![Cover of first edition (2006) of Successful Fundraising by John Baguley](https://
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First edition (2006) of Successful Fundraising

## Author

John Baguley is the CEO of the International Fundraising Consultancy (IFC) which
he founded in 2000.

IFC works to ensure that civil society organisations have the most effective fundraising
expertise to fulfil their humanitarian goals. Its clients include the Council of
Europe, WHO, UNICEF, Cancer Research and numerous others worldwide. 

He is also the author of [Fundraising and Zombies: a guide to charity management](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/fundraising-and-zombies-a-guide-to-charity-management/).

## Reviews

“John Baguley, having guided Amnesty International’s fundraising to new heights,
is well qualified to tell the rest of us how fundraising really works!”
**George
Smith**, Former Chief Executive of The International Fund Raising Group

“I found Successful Fundraising particularly thorough and wide-ranging. The sweep
of the book will appeal to fundraisers from many disciplines including those fundraisers
either wishing to move into managerial positions or those who have been newly appointed”
**
Howard Lake**, Fundraising UK Ltd, author of Direct Connection’s guide to Fundraising
on the Interne**t**

“John Baguley’s wide international experience makes this a book that will be profitably
read by fundraisers round the world”
**John Lind Madsen**, Fundraising Director,
Gigtforeningen (Danish Rheumatism Association)