Fundraising Ireland's National Fundraising Conference 2012

Inspired by Howard Lake's usual collection of resources from UK fundraising events I decided here would be a good place to collect useful and interesting tweets, links, resources, etc. from Fundraising Ireland's National Fundraising Conference on 20th & 21st March 2012.

Twitter

The hashtag for the conference is #finfc12 - follow live updates here.

Here are the Twitter pages of the Masterclass speakers:

Mike Johnston - @hjcnewmedia

Beate Sørum - @beatesorum

Damian O'Broin - @damianobroin

Aline Reed - @alinereed

Margaux Smith - @margauxs

And the rest of the speakers:

Tobin Aldrich - @tobinaldrich

Patrick Boggan -

Simon Burne -

Derval Costello -

Kevin Delaney - @kevmagic

Aíne Gibbons -

AJ Leon - @ajleon

Mark Pollock - @markpollock

Simon Scriver - @TotalFR

Chris Washington-Sare - @CWashingtonSare

And other people tweeting about the conference:

Paul O'Mahony | Misfit, Inc. | Melissa Leon | Kimberley MacKenzie | Caoileann Appleby | Kirana Bhagwan | James Laverty | Tim O'Dea | The Mater Foundation | Neil Irwin | The One Foundation | Johann Fox | Orlaith Ní Fhoghlú | Jenny Douglas | IrishHospiceFR | Fretwell Print & DM | Our Lady's Hospice | Ambrose Duffy | JessieMWhite | Dara Creative | Mary O'Kennedy | Mark Pollock Trust | Data Conversion Direct | Bruce Clark | Seán Ó hAdhmaill | Evelyn Wolf | 

Here's a selection of Tweets:

Opening

#finfc12 the truth goes a long way. Tell it all - the good, the bad, the complete story -@evthewolf 

@ajleon ' Sometimes best to go low tech, voice 2 voice, in real time ..it's called the telephone ' ;-) #finfc12 - @patcarrolltouch 

How about writing a letter to people.. An actual letter.. Thats right.. A handwritten personal letter. Revolutionary. #finfc12 @ajleon - @neilirwin 

Never let your organisation get in the way of a great story - @ajleon#finfc12 - @damianobroin 

 Donors

Very good point from Simon - flashy databases that aren't properly used make sloppy communication easy #finfc12 #notagoodthing - @qaoileann

#finfc12 @totalfr direct debit date flexibility vital, we should be asking people when they get paid and set dd as close as possible - @ask_direct 

#finfc12 @totalfr being a donor can be a lonely experience without any sense of being part of a community - @ask_direct

  Legacies

85% of session attendees have recieved legacy gifts in their orgs but only 25% have an actual legacy programme!! #finfc12 - @mylegacy_ie

   Digital

Time and time again its the story making social media fundraising work. But social media that lets people hear it, see it, feel it. - @neilirwin 

Are geeks an untapped seam of fundraising gold? #Finfc12 @BeateSorum - @neilirwin

Do u have control of who receives what-where? Dont lump the digital donor in with ur other donors.Identify why they donated & how! #finfc12 - @jennydouglas2

Digital fundraising not working because we are forgetting to prioritise, to ask, to analyse - #finfc12 @BeateSorum - @OrlaithFoley

need to prompt people and give them reasons to share on social media.. Not just a little 'f' on your website @BeateSorum #finfc12 - @neilirwin

3 second delay in loading a website will cause over 50% of consumers to click away @BeateSorum #finfc12 - @timodea

Speakers

Looking forward to #finfc12 in Dublin on weds http://bit.ly/ygGW3u, great bunch of speakers there. And me too, I'm afraid - @tobinaldrich

Random

"finance + sales are the 2 most evil industries... But put them together +you get fundraising!" - Simon scriver #quoteofthedaysofar #finfc12 - @qaoileann 

Did my "do I have everything"-routine. Did not have everything. Returned for power adapter. Now en route to #finfc12 again. - @BeateSorum

As an aside, amazed that so many people in the room never heard of Kickstarter. Or didn't admit to it:) #finfc12 - @qaoileann 

Between AJ Leon and Simon from @TotalFR, the geek chic quotient is high so far at #finfc12 - @qaoileann

I'll be following you from a grey-skied vantage point in Cork#finfc12 - @omaniblog

Speaker Presentations

Donor Attrition & Retention - Simon Scriver

Links

Fundraising Ireland

Speaker Biographies

Total Fundraising (co-lead sponsor)

Images

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