The Chartered Institute of Fundraising is offering a pick ‘n’ mix training offer, where you can book 6 places and pay for just 5. They say that you choose any 6 places across their upcoming online training courses and dates, mixing and matching courses to suit you and your team, with the cheapest place being […]
Getting news from the ICO
The ICO is currently updating the system it uses to manage its e-newsletters, and newsletters are temporarily paused whilst this takes place. So please do check the ICO website regularly, and perhaps their media centre at https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/ for news and blogs.
Videos help explain different types of fraud
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has published a series of short videos to help explain the different types of fraud (romance, phishing, impersonation, investment and payment diversion). Could you use these free videos as a part of your induction and ongoing training? You can find them at https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/fraud-and-economic-crime/fraud-explained.
Case study on increasing legacy pledges
If you would like to increase your legacy fundraising pledges, a good place to start could well be the Canal & River Trust case study available from sofii. Their successful ‘Gifts in Wills’ campaign saw over 6,000 legacy packs being requested. You can read their case study at https://sofii.org/case-study/canal-river-trust-flagship-legacy-campaign.
The language we use to describe AI
We have just finished reading an interesting book on alternative perspectives on AI, and one thing particularly struck us. It was suggested that we might think of AI as meaning ‘Apparent Intelligence’ rather than ‘Artificial Intelligence’. This then reframes a basic assertion over whether there is any intelligence there at all.