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  1. Build your brand, not just your cause #givingreport panel discussion
  2. Small organisations need to excel at marketing to compete with the larger organisations #givingreport panel discussion
  3. Need to study how donors glean their particular interests, is it purely an emotive, marketing response? #givingreport panel discussion
  4. Instead of talking in jargon and abstraction, put a human face to your work #attractingfunds #givingreport
  5. What is role of marketing, creating an emotional space that people want to engage with? Useful to see research with donors. #givingreport
  6. Concerning that high net worth individuals give in their areas; how will rural areas access funds? #givingreport panel discussion
  7. With foreign donor funding being depleted, essential to seek local funds #givingreport panel discussion
  8. Crowdfunding - small donations from a large group of people - was very successful Obama's campaign #givingreport panel discussion
  9. Individual givers are not only the high net worth individuals; would be useful to see report of giving in middle income group #givingreport
  10. Useful to specifically ask for a set amount of money, instead of just asking for a donation #givingreport panel discussion
  11. Sad to see how little high net worth individuals actually give #givingreport panel discussion
  12. High net worth individuals need to understand dif between charity, humanitarian work, systemic change when they're giving #givingreport
  13. Need to master the art of asking high net worth individuals to give #givingreport
  14. Use creative ways to cultivate relationships with high net worth individuals, thank yous and progress reports essential #givingreport
  15. Need to educate donors about what advocacy and lobbying means and entails - misperception that it is foreign funded #givingreport
  16. Marketing is key, to raising your profile and to show that you can secure publicity for the high net worth individual #givingreport
  17. If there is a high net worth individuals on your board, can help you network #givingreport
  18. Prospect research is important when approaching high net worth individuals, and look for connections #givingreport
  19. Need to quantify philanthropy, perhaps approach Sars for more tax incentives to donate #givingreport