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Why you should be fundraising online
Fundraising is one of the most important, and time-consuming, tasks for most charities. Traditional methods of bake sales, cold calling, and sending out flyers take a lot of time and effort.
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Why apprentices should join the campaign to change the world
With maintenance cuts and continuous challenges for young people, could apprenticeships change your world, as well as the wider one around you?
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The Annual Report of the Future
Want to do something different with your annual report? Here are 10 things that will shape the way the next generation of reports as they move from paper documents to fully-fledged digital experiences.
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The rise of Robin Hood tech
Charities and general do-gooders alike, it’s time to start stealing. Big brands steal your messaging and your campaign ideas to make rich people richer. So it's time to avenge yourselves - start stealing tech in the name of good.
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5 ways to improve online donations
Digital has provided charities with a whole new way to spread the word about their causes. But very few charities have a seamless and convincing online donations process. How can you optimise your potential donor's online giving experience, and receive more donations as a result?
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Ditching the coinage; digitising your wallet – the future of charitable giving
Remember being a kid? When 50p seemed like a fortune, penny sweets were all the rage and a Freddo used to cost 5p. As we grew we gained more money and more coins, until our wallets filled with an assortment of metal coins jingling and jangling about.
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Happy International Day of Happiness! Now let’s talk about depression
Today is the International Day of Happiness. But 8.6 million adults in the UK have depression or anxiety. Digital needs to be equipped to help those who are less able to be more happy.
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Ten UK Charity Fundraising Websites Compared 2015
Choosing the right fundraising website is crucial. Whether you’re a charity or an individual, making the right decision in fundraising platforms could be the difference between being able to give £10 or £10,000 to your cause.
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13 things the public care less about than Jeremy Clarkson
One of the web's greatest achievements is the ability to rally together, very quickly, to use our voices to speak out about, and act on, something we believe in. But it seems we may need to collectively sort out our priorities.
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Five ways smartwatches can do social good
With today’s Apple Watch event, two record breaking kickstarters by the Pebble Smartwatch, and a host of Android options, smartwatches look set to hit the mainstream this year.
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What ‘The Dress’ can teach us about perception and social good
Most of us woke this morning to a photo of a dress that divided us. Some of us saw a white and gold dress, others saw black and blue. We even argued about it. Some of us even made gifs. But can we learn something valuable from it?
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Are donations in our DNA?
Something strange is going on. Millions of people are filling a test tube full of spit and posting it to California. That’s because bio-science companies there are making them a staggering promise: send us your cells, and we’ll tell you who you are.
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