WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO, AND WHAT'S NEXT

Since the last newsletter we've mainly been working in London and the South East, with the odd trip further afield. 3rd Sector Mission Control has worked with a wide range of organisations, which is great. Particular highlights have been running another two sessions on funding strategy for Small Charities Coalition, delivering three sessions at the IoF's Fundraising Convention, as well as sessions in London and Hampshire for museum staff, and more besides. It's been all go!

Look out for more sessions that I'll be delivering with Small Charities Coalition, and I'm also hopping to Amsterdam later in the year for IFC. See you there?

ON THE BLOG

The 3rd Sector Mission Control blog continues to be widely read.

Here are some recent posts:

• The cows out there are far away!
• Things that make you go OOO!
• Love is... My tribute to charities on Valentine's Day 
• Fundraising? Think about car sales, Florence Nightingale, and anchors!
• "Waiting for Bono" - why charities need to think about shortening attention spans
• What can charities learn from the Holborn escalator?
• "Wait, were you expecting someone else?"

• Battling the Beast from the East for small charity learning
• Fundraiser, heal thyself!
• Oh no! FOMO in slo-mo!

WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING

Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook for many more stories, but here's a few interesting things that have caught our eye lately:

• Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders (Nonprofit AF)
• What should fundraisers reasonably expect from grantmakers? (Hayley Gullen)
• A list of great charity speakers who do not identify themselves as white or male (Mandy Johnson)
• What's new in fundraising? (Felicity Spencer-Smith)
• We need to talk about diversity (David Mbaziira)
• Charities change the world. Why isn't that message getting through? (Karl Wilding)

And if you are on LinkedIn, and like to read good writing about charities, do join the Charity Blogs group.

LET'S STAY IN TOUCH

So have you updated your preferences already? That's the first way to ensure we stay in touch. Now, here's the competition! To win a free cuppa, and a chat with me, just reply with the answer to this question: who said "the cows out there are far away"?

Until the next time,

Richard Sved
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