Four Minutes in Fundraising

Building Earned Income Streams, with Bill Woolsey

Bill Woolsey from FiveTwo returns to the show to talk about why every nonprofit should aim for both earned and donative income. FundraisingPod listeners can get free acc

You Can’t Reach People You Hate, with Bill Woolsey

Bill Woolsey is Founder & President of FiveTwo. In the last episode of Season 4, we go right back to the start of Ken Burnett's 34 foundations of fundraising: People give

Bringing Integrity, Credibility and Humanity to Corporate Partnerships, with Preeya Varsani

Preeya sets out her take on charities' relationships with corporate supporters, and we suggest a revision to Ken Burnett's principle that "no one should be a fundraiser w

What Really Matters in Fundraising—with Martha Awojobi

Martha Awojobi is the Director of JMB Consulting, an organiser at Charity So White, and the curator of BAME Online. She joins us this week to talk about number 18 of Ken

Be Authentic and the Money Will Come—with Martha Awojobi

Martha Awojobi is the Director of JMB Consulting, an organiser at Charity So White, and the curator of BAME Online. She joins us this week to talk about number 15 of Ken

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Fundraising, with Paul Amadi

Today's episode is a little different—we're joined once again by Paul Amadi, Chief Supporter Officer at the British Red Cross, and we're talking about Equality, Diversity

Ditch "Donor Led" Fundraising (?!)—with Paul Amadi

We're thrilled to be joined this week by Paul Amadi, Chief Supporter Officer at the British Red Cross. Paul and AmickyCarol discuss number 7 of Ken Burnett's 34 foundatio

Quantify, quantify, quantify! With John Mensah

John Mensah is the Director and Founder of Outreach Management Services, a consultancy that specialises in providing strategy, organisational development, training, fundr

Hunting for Oxygen, with John Griffiths

John Griffiths is a brand development and communications consultant with decades of experience in market research and communications strategy. This week he chats with Ami

Donor Retention with Gabe Cooper, CEO of Virtuous Software

Recruiting new donors takes time and effort, so retaining them is pretty important. Gabe Cooper is the CEO of Virtuous Software, a nonprofit-focused CRM that tackles this

Faith-Based Fundraising, with Andrew Robison

Thank you Andrew for joining us again in the virtual studio! This time the topic is faith-based fundraising, how to make the best of the current situation, and how to mak

Innovation in Fundraising, with Andrew Robison

"Great fundraising means being ‘15 minutes ahead’. There are few opportunities now to be light years ahead of all the other competing causes, but many ways you can be jus

Does Brand Matter? With Mark Astarita OBE

Ken Burnett's 18th of 34 principles of fundraising is that "Brand is a lot less important to donors than it is to you." But does that really apply to all areas of fundrai

Demonstrating Your Impact to Win Funding, with Fezzan Ahmed

Fezzan Ahmed is the co-founder of Jigsaw House, a social enterprise specialising in solving problems via non-traditional ways. He joins AmickyCarol this week to talk abou

Welcome to Season 4

Welcome to Season 4! Our first full episode of this season is out on Monday 22 February with Fezzan Ahmed, Founder of the Jigsaw House Society. Make sure you're subscribe

GrantMakers: Spotlight on Comic Relief

On this very special episode of Four Minutes in Fundraising, we're re-releasing our conversation with Ruth Davison, CEO of Comic Relief. We talk about why Comic Relief ex

Major Donor Fundraising with Krystal Lashley-Scrivener (Part 2)

In our last episode of 2020 and of Season 3, we're bringing you part 2 of our conversation with Krystal Lashley-Scrivener, World Fellow and Philanthropy Manager at the Du

The Big Give with Director Alex Day (Part 2)

In Part 2 of this conversation about the Big Give, Director Alex Day gives his three top tips to bear in mind when participating in the Christmas Challenge as a charity.

The Big Give with Director Alex Day (Part 1)

Alex Day is the Director of the Big Give, the UK's #1 match funding platform and the organisation behind the Christmas Challenge. He joins us to explain the origins of th

#GivingTuesday

This week's podcast is another gem from our archives, with our youngest Trustee, Angelica, on what Giving Tuesday is and what it means for you. This Giving Tuesday, we're