From a tainted money dilemma involving a French bishop and Parisienne sex workers to donor dominance in the Byzantine Empire, our third timeline explores the history of fundraising in the Middle Ages. bit.ly/FR-history-476-1499
You can access our two previous timelines – covering 1900 to the present and 1500-1899 – via the fundraising history project page of our website. This project is being ably led by ENO’s @meenamtj . rogare.net/history
Our next timeline will cover antiquity and classical times. We hope to have this published by the end of the Northern summer. After that, we’ll switch our focus to thematic timelines, starting with fundraising controversies.
And the final four:
7. Understand second-order effects of mainstreaming ethical AI
8. Develop oversight mechanisms for AI in fundraising
9. Understand AI’s limitations in applying fundraising ethics
10. Utility of using AI for/to charity beneficiaries.
rogare.net/ai-ethics
Our second timeline of #fundraisinghistory, covering 1500-1899 is published, encompassing events and developments in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Netherlands and Germany. bit.ly/FR-history-1501-1899
The 1500-1899 #fundraisinghistory timeline also suggests that woman have played a larger role in the development of fundraising as a profession than previously acknowledged. By 1893, there were 20,000 women with paid roles as fundraisers. bit.ly/FR-history-1501-1899
To accompany the 1500-1899 timeline, project leader @meenamtj has written a blog exploring how our study of #fundraisinghistory should consider more complex narratives, and further explores the history of women in fundraising bit.ly/complex-fr-history
History
We’ve published the first in a series of #fundraisinghistory timelines, covering 1900-present. It contains some ‘firsts’, including first telethon and child sponsorship, as well as items on the social & cultural history of fundraising. More info – criticalfundraising.com/2023…
We’ll be following up with #fundraisinghistory timelines for the period 1500-1899, Middle Ages, and antiquity. We’ll also do thematic timelines for topics including fundraising firsts, social/cultural ideas & shifts, emergence of new ideas, and fundraising controversies.
Our rationale for the #fundraisinghistory timelines is not just for idle interest, but as a tool to help us gain a better understanding of how our profession has evolved and developed, and thus gain new insights into how to improve it. bit.ly/FR-history-1900-prese…
Tuesday sees the launch of @RogareFTT's Blueprint to Dismantle Patriarchal Structures in the Fundraising Profession to which I've contributed a paper on narratives to engage men in gender equality - something I think is absolutely essential if we're ever going to achieve parity