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The European Fundraising Podcast#9 Charlotte Rydh and Jan Gregor – Sweeden and Czech Republic – EFA – What are the major trends in European Fundraising ?I receive Today Charlotte Rydh, the president of EFA, the European Fundraising Association and Jan Gregor, who is a fundraising consultant in the Czech Republic. I have invited them to share with us the “2022 Nonprofit Pulse” report, which is a report on fundraising in Europe, published in 2023 that gives trends about fundraising in Europe.
In this episode, we discussed the findings of this "2022 Nonprofit Pulse Report". We
addressed the impact of the economic crisis on philanthropy and NGOs, and how
this has increased pressure on our resources while increasing the demand for
our work...2023-06-191h 09
The European Fundraising Podcast#8 Phillip Rothwell – England – Warwick Schools Foundation – How to keep learning throughout your fundraiser’s career ?Phillip Rothwell is the Director of Development at Warwick Independent Schools Foundation. He is also a CFRE, the famous international fundraising certification.
With Phillip, speak about fundraising in education : why education is for him the “major battle”, why fundraising is more and more important in most European Schools, how it is now a real career path for a lot of young people, why it’s so important to continue developing fundraising in order to maintain an equality in access to education, and how he fundraises in his schools through major gifts, legacies or telephone fundraising.
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The European Fundraising Podcast#7 Laure Vienot – France – LVT consulting – How to start fundraising abroad for your NGO ?Laure Vienot is a French fundraising consultant, specialized in international philanthropy. She learned to fundraise in the US, working for a French cultural organization, and she then moved back to France, where she helps organization from all around the world, to fundraise abroad from their own country. If you are thinking about fundraising abroad, she knows exactly what question to ask yourself, what your first steps should be, how to prepare yourself…. Thinking internationally, mixing cultures, putting in place strategies and techniques….it’s all we like in this podcast, so don’t...2023-03-091h 02
The European Fundraising Podcast#6 Birgit Winterhalter – Germany – Caritas – What is the mentality of a good fundraiser ?Birgit Winterhalter is the head of fundraising of Caritas Germany. Caritas is one of the largest non profit organization in the world. Birgit has been working there for 30 years, and as she says, for her: "Working for Caritas is not a job, it’s a mission".
She explains to us where this energy and passion for her job come from, and why for her it is important to have it as a fundraiser.
You work for an NGO and you feel discouraged sometimes by how large your mission is ? Birg...2023-02-091h 01
The European Fundraising Podcast#5 Andreas Drufva – Sweden – Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) – Why reacting quickly to the news can attract new donors ?Andreas Drufva is the Marketing Director at The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), one of the main non-profit environmental organization in Sweden. His organization has been in the center of a big political debate in Sweden in the last months. He explains all this story to us: how it happened, how they handled the communication, and what it tells us about our time, and the new ways to fundraise.
Andreas has a strong character, with a lot of determination. He has managed to turn his...2023-01-101h 04
The European Fundraising Podcast#4 Frederic Theret – France– Fondation de France – How can my organisation fundraise in other European countries ?What if, for any non profit organisation in Europe, it was possible to fundraise in
other European countries ?
Imagine you are a German NGOs doing great work on research against cancer, why wouldn’t you be supported by a Spanish donor, who would just love what you are doing ?
Well, this is possible !! it is already happening, and will happen more and more in the future. Frederic will explain this to us: how it works, how to understand if it would be a good idea for your organisation, how to f...2022-11-0759 min
The European Fundraising Podcast#3 Richard Spencer – England – About Loyalty – Is a fundraiser's success only measured by money ?Richard Spencer is the co founder of About Loyalty. He previously worked in many non profits in England. About Loyalty is a unique research-based consultancy specialising in helping non-profits to grow supporter loyalty. In this episode, he explains why fundraisers shouldn’t focus only on the money they got for their organization, and how to maximise at the same time donors experience and the money you fundraise.2022-09-201h 04
The European Fundraising Podcast#2 Araba Pilic – Germany - Stiftung Menschen für Menschen - Are fundraisers changing society ?Araba Pillic works in communication & fundraising for Stiftung Menschen für Menschen, a German NGO than also has more than 600 employes in Ethiopia.
Araba’s experience is really diverse, she has lived different lives before working for an NGO, from her youth in a multi cultural family to being the Queen in the Lion King musical in Berlin. She defines herself as a "social activist”, so we discus with her how fundraising and activism are related, and why we should revolutionize our way of thinking in order to ada...2022-05-071h 03
The European Fundraising Podcast#1 Eugenia Mazurenko – Ukraine – Zagoriy foundation– How to fundraise in war time ?Eugenia Mazurenko is the CEO of the Zagoriy foundation. The Zagoriy foundation is a Ukrainian organisation that is carrying out nonprofit projects, but one that has also been growing philanthropy in Ukraine for many years, by delivering research, developing institutional philanthropy and training fundraisers, Today, Eugenia is working within a nation at war. She decided to stay in Ukraine, because she thinks this is where she will be able to do more to help the Ukrainian people. Here, we talk about how her work has evolved during the war, why local Ukrainian grassroots organisations need to be helped, and...2022-04-081h 05