Charities and Social Media

A recent article from Third Sector Daily on Charities and Social Media is a miracle of mixed reviews. The NSPCC has raised more than £10,000 through Facebook since it set up an application to allow users to make donations in 2007. “It’s a brilliant way to attract new supporters and engage with them, rather than [...]

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Ireland – or, as I like to call it, the land of the never-ending pint.

It’s remarkable the difference a change in scenery can make – especially when the new scene is Ireland. As an American, castles amaze me. I think that often Europeans forget that for me, 200 years is old. So if you show me a structure from 1300, I’ll stand and stare for quite some time. To [...]

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Lawyers in spring

It’s now safe to say that we’ve gone from a few long term volunteers toiling at boring tasks to an organisastion that gives interviews, meets with lawyers, and plans fundraising days. Yesterday I met with a lovely lawyer by the name of Rebecca. I got completely lost in London looking for her office, but then [...]

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On a Less Controversial Note…

I think I’ve been spending too much time all this media research. My evidence is that last night I couldn’t sleep because I couldn’t stop thinking about whether or not I’m doing everything possible to utilise free social community websites. When you’re trying to get the word out about a new organisation that currently lacks [...]

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Moving Right Along

It amazes me that we’re already approaching the end of February. I can’t quite believe that we’re registering volunteers on our website, have worked out our organisational structure (the part that functions independently of the Charity Commmission), drafted our deployment plan, and drafted our constitution – a job which, incidentally, has been the bane of [...]

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TMI

Usually, Too much information (TMI) refers to those who won’t stop telling you about their favorite sexual position or their father’s hemorrhoid problem. I like to think of it as a breakdown in that filter that should exist between the brain and the mouth. But tonight, I find my head spinning from a totally different [...]

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