Articles by
Ken Burnett

Society Guardian

Society Guardian
(www.societyguardian.co.uk)
Ken Burnett writes for Society Guardian from time to time on international development, fundraising and governance issues.

Room at the top
One international charity has found that opening its doors to talented people from around the world has helped it serve its purpose more effectively.
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The money trail
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Giving something back
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Three little words
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Board and confused
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General Articles

IFC explorer session

How to be ‘15 minutes ahead’


Contributions magazine

Jan/Feb 2006
Shaping fundraising’s future,
How will we consistently break the mould?
part one
part two

July/August 2005
Postal pollution
Is yours junk mail, or something better?

March/April 2006
Hail the fundraising faux pas

September/October 2005
Breakthroughs in search of an audience
Some confessions of a conference junkie

March/April 2005
After the flood of giving, will fundraisers clean up?

May/June 2005
Ring-fence the jargon-seeking impulse and start communicating

November/December 2004
Bequest marketing was a mistake
Would you leave a bequest to an irritating, facile bunch of money-grubbing hustlers?

January/February 2005
Where fundraisers are going wrong
How we are failing to meet the needs of our donors

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