I read this article from Third Sector magazine about Michael Naidu of Mencap, who is also vice-chair of the PFRA, asking that attrition rates from all channels of fundraising be published.  Currently it is only face to face (F2F) fundraising that reports attrition levels (I’m guessing this also includes door to door). I agree [...]

I was sent a link to this article yesterday by a friend (who works as a fundraising consultant). She asked me what I thought about it ‘from a data perspective’. Given that the sample was so small, did I think it was indicative of anything useful to know?

Dear next beautiful intern,

Since today’s my last day at Beautiful World and you have yet to start work, this letter is the best way I could think of to do some kind of a handover to you.

I won’t be going through all the ins and outs of working here.

We have this wonderful intern. She’s bright, ruthlessly efficient, a real pleasure to have around.

She’s learned about fundraising and marketing, and loads about data analysis, since she’s been with us.

There’s only one problem: she’s leaving to do an MA.