The blog archive

Our opinions, observations and theories listed by date.

The next steps17 Feb 2010
Intelligent Giving 2.022 Jan 2010
The last blog26 Aug 2009
Press Release: New Philanthropy Capital to take over the work of Intelligent Giving13 Aug 2009
Public Benefit and True Transparency31 Jul 2009
Transparency: the way forward22 Jul 2009
Why do fundraisers think they’re so good, when they’re not?07 Jul 2009
The Smile Train: don’t be fooled by its marketing spin24 Jun 2009
The Icelandic banking collapse and charities: stop moaning23 Jun 2009
Is giving to charity shops intelligent giving?20 Jun 2009
CEO expenses are the least of charities' transparency worries.09 Jun 2009
Richard Marsh to take the helm at Intelligent Giving28 May 2009
How the NSPCC’s failure will make the world a better place22 Apr 2009
People keep giving because they feel guilty, study reveals08 Apr 2009
George Galloway and the Charity Commission07 Apr 2009
Help with your charity's annual report - a new service02 Apr 2009
Intelligent Giving announces new trustee02 Apr 2009
Who has the most transparent charities? UK vs. USA21 Mar 2009
Why you should give to Red Nose Day14 Mar 2009
Third Sector’s headline fail, and why it matters12 Mar 2009
Why reserves have disappeared from charity profiles12 Mar 2009
Social return on investment: is it any good?12 Mar 2009
Why Transparency Matters – the case of INTERPAL03 Mar 2009
Our future plans: why we’ve been so quiet12 Feb 2009
Oxfam: solving all the world’s problems. Apparently23 Jan 2009
Beware the national campaign to give £2 a month15 Jan 2009
How charities are going to keep people giving10 Jan 2009
Why the idea of ‘giving to charity’ should be discouraged06 Jan 2009
Should charities make promises to their supporters?05 Jan 2009
Charity Commission: feeling short? Then you’re in poverty03 Jan 2009
Charities told: talk to donors, wait for cash to roll in09 Dec 2008
Charity website raises £44,000 a minute. Yes, really03 Dec 2008
Feral children: what is Barnardo's playing at?03 Dec 2008
Charities need your money, before it's too late02 Dec 2008
Chuggers: the response from the charity sector27 Nov 2008
Chuggers: why we did what we did26 Nov 2008
Ignorant chuggers risk damaging all charities25 Nov 2008
Will charities suffer in the recession?12 Nov 2008
Charities are taking the wrong lessons from Obama’s victory11 Nov 2008
Prevost's Squirrels: for the public benefit08 Nov 2008
Answers to questions from Tuesday’s webinar08 Nov 2008
Addaction’s odd poster campaign06 Nov 2008
Cancer Research UK launches a brilliant online fundraising tool04 Nov 2008
This week at IG: in praise of interns and a new link on our charity profiles01 Nov 2008
New and updated charity profiles29 Oct 2008
Overseas charity challenges: why fundraisers still don’t get it28 Oct 2008
A new dawn for charity shops. Or maybe not26 Oct 2008
Fundraisers: learn about internet fundraising with us. For free24 Oct 2008
How you’re subsidizing the Atheist Bus Campaign23 Oct 2008
Cats Protection pays the price for being transparent22 Oct 2008
Can you really save the world for £2 a month?18 Oct 2008
Children in Need: is it any good?16 Oct 2008
Charities and Iceland: it’s worse than you think14 Oct 2008
New and updated charity profiles11 Oct 2008
Fundraising: Waitrose has the answer10 Oct 2008
Has your charity gone to Iceland?10 Oct 2008
Un-transparent charities: they should be ashamed of themselves09 Oct 2008
On the meaning of ‘problem’, and why we rock (in general)04 Oct 2008
The new Register of Charities: why you should be excited02 Oct 2008
Why do people give to charity?02 Oct 2008