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MJi UK hosts fundraising training day for Christian ministries in Australia
December 2009
Trimming your sails for the perfect storm - was the theme of one of the training sessions lead by Redina Kolaneci of MJi UK for representatives of 30 Christian charities in Melbourne, Australia.
Commenting on how the day went Redina said: ' I am delighted to have been invited by Christian Management Australia to do these training sessions for Christian CEO's and fundraising managers. It is interesting to see that they face the same challenges as UK charities so the principles for effective fundraising I shared will be very applicable to their working contexts.'
Redina hopes to return to Australia in 2010 and host another series of training events there.
Our Fundraising Benchmarks and Donor Performance Index (DPI) are now available to thankQ users
30th March 2009
In the current economic climate fundraising reports that can help you identify your charity's most profitable donors and use your limited marketing budget to strengthen your relationship with them are vital to meeting your income generation targets.
We know that working without insights is not an option for charities that want to survive the recession and thrive in the future. That is why we are partnering with ESiT, one of the largest database providers to charities (thankQ) to offer our Fundraising Benchmarks & Donor Performance Index (DPI) reports as part of their latest version of thankQ 7; for existing customers the reports can also be built into earlier versions.
These reports developed by our consulting teams in the USA and UK will help thankQ users to gain vital insights about their charity's supporters, to reduce attrition rates, to invest strategically in fundraising activities that bring the best results and set information based Key Performance Indicators for their fundraising plans.
To help fundraisers use these reports effectively we are offering a special in-house training package to thankQ users who want to make effective use of these reports.
If your charity is a thankQ user do come along to the User Group meeting on the 9th of June 2009 where you will have the opportunity to see how these reports can help you improve the effectiveness of your fundraising.
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New clients come on board with McConkey • Johnston international UK
February 2009
This spring we are delighted to welcome three new clients who have chosen us to help them strengthen their fundraising and communications. They are Mission Direct, Innovista and Starfish Asia.
Each one of these new clients has unique growth challenges and opportunities. That is why we are developing tailor made responses for each of them in the areas of strategic planning for the future, major donor fundraising, volunteering and direct mail.
Commenting on our involvement with them, Nigel Hyde Chief Executive of Mission Direct said: ‘You have helped us so much already. I love your ability to understand complex issues and express them in easy to understand terms. By developing a joint up strategy for us rather than a series of initiatives you are helping us to make better use of our marketing and fundraising budgets. You have a wonderful "hands on" approach, helping us to get things done rather than just telling us what to do.
We sincerely hope that the other clients would be as satisfied as Mission Direct.