What we do

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International Digital Fundraising Consultancy

For the past 7 years we’ve been helping international humanisation organisations scale their paid digital media programmes globally. Projects have included:

  • An International refugee charity activate remote digital fundraising in 15 new markets

  • International children's charity invest over $30million a year in paid digital media at over a 3:1 return in key Asia and European markets

  • An environmental charity generate over 500,000 new leads and 10,000 regular donors a year via digital channels

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GivePanel - the “power tool” for Facebook fundraising

Hundreds of thousands of people have set up “fundraisers” on Facebook for amazing causes but it’s hard for charities to contact and thank them. Fundraisers are left feeling unappreciated by charities at this critical time when charities need to love their supporters more than ever. 

GivePanel is a new online service that makes it easier for charities to build relationships with their Facebook Fundraisers. We know if this is our core focus, we are sure we can help charities increase both short-term and long-term income through this new revenue stream.

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RAISETHRU - Facebook Ads Accelerator

RAISETHRU helps amazing organisations scale their Facebook Advertising. We’ve worked with some of the biggest charity brands such as Greenpeace and UNICEF as well as much smaller organisations on our 12 week Accelerator Coaching Programme.

When you use an agency they “do it for you”, when you come on the RAISETHRU programme we “do it with you”. In this way we think we can get clients better results and also help them build internal capacity.

Nick’s Speaking Sessions

Upcoming Sessions:

Previous Sessions:

  • September 29th 2022 - Meta's Nonprofit Education Conference - A fireside chat with Nick Burne on Instagram: The new frontier of fundraising 🚀

  • September 6th 2022 - Danish Fundraising Conference (Keynote) - In this fast paced session Nick Burne, leading international Digital Fundraising Consultant and Founder CEO of GivePanel will take you through how to think about engagement and fundraising in a world with so many different social platforms - from Facebook to Tikok and Twitter to Youtube. He will share lots of case studies of organizations in Europe raising millions of Euros with “social fundraising” strategies.

  • June 9th - 11th 2021 - Festival of Fundraising (Online) - Facebook fundraising has exploded in UK and Ireland but it's still early days for the rest of Europe. $3 billion now raised. Over 1 million charities using Facebook's Giving tools. In this session Nick will look at how Facebook fundraising is changing the way in which people fundraise and donate and how your charity can be positioned for dramatic online fundraising growth in the years to come, click here to register.

  • April 2021 (Date tbc) - Hospice Income Generator Network (Online) - session topic to be confirmed, click here for more information on the conference.

  • January 18th 2021 - Charities Institute Ireland, Digital Forum (Online) - Having supported nonprofits to raise millions on Facebook with the Fundraising Tools, Nick will be sharing his honest take on the positives and negatives of Facebook Fundraising. You will leave the session with some tangible ideas that are working right now Facebook that you can use to raise more money Facebook. Click here to register.

  • March 24th 2020 - 20NTC (Portland) - ‘‘Best Kept Secrets to Getting (and Using!) Facebook Fundraiser Data’’ Click here for more information.

  • May 11th - May 15th 2020 - Fundraising Everywhere (Online) - more information coming soon, click here to book your tickets.

  • October 15th - 18th 2019 - IFC 2019 (Netherlands) - “Expanding Across Borders with Digital Fundraising - How to Build a Remote Digital Fundraising Programme in Multiple International Markets from The Ground Up” Click here for more information.

  • July 1st - 3rd July 2019 - IOF Fundraising Convention (London) - ‘‘How Pancreatic Cancer UK recruited over 100,000 high quality leads from cold prospects and doubled their regular donors using Facebook Ads” Click here for more information.

  • 6th June 2019 - #FRO (Fundraising Online) - “How to leverage the power of Facebook’s Giving Tools: Practical strategies to maximise long term income from Facebook’s Charitable Giving Tools” - see a video of this session here.

  • April 2nd 2019 - Digital Fundraising with Facebook and Innsamlingsråd (Oslo) - Facebook are partnering with the Norwegian Fundraising Association, Innsamlingsråd, to host an event for over 150 Norwegian non-profit representatives to discuss how digital platforms like Facebook can be leveraged to drive success for the non-profit sector.

  • March 14th 2019 - IFC South Africa Pop Up (Cape Town) - “500k new supporters from Facebook: Who said digital isn’t scaleable.”

  • March 7th 2019 - IoF South East & London (London) - ‘‘How to Leverage the Power of Facebook's Giving Tools with Nick Burne.’’

  • March 7th 2019 - IFC South Africa Pop Up (Durban) - “500k new supporters from Facebook: Who said digital isn’t scaleable.”

  • February 25th - February 28th 2019 - IRC Digital Workshop (London)

  • February 11th 2019 - IOF Gloucestershire Fundraisers Group (Gloucestershire) - ’’Build Relationships With Your Facebook Fundraisers.

  • October 17th - October 19th 2018 - IFC (Netherlands) - ‘‘Facebook Giving Tools - Magic Money Or Strategic Opportunity.’’ / ‘‘500k new supporters from Facebook: Who said digital isn’t scaleable.”

  • October 2nd - October 3rd 2018 - IOF Scottish Convention (Glasgow) - ‘‘Facebook Giving Tools - Magic Money Or Strategic Opportunity.’’





I’m a digital media specialist with proven history of building sustainable digital fundraising programmes for some of the most amazing humanitarian organisations in the world.

 

I got started in digital early, building websites, SEO and email campaigns back in the late 1990s, making some cash when I was still at University. My first experience in the charity sector was in 2005 when I helped an international development charity launch virtual gifts online together with a paid digital marketing strategy that generated over £1million in the first 60 days (against a target of £10,000)

From there I went on to revamp one of the largest conservation charities' digital team and infrastructure, doubling online revenues and launching one of the most successful charity iPhone apps which generated over 1million downloads in it's first year.

For the past 7 years I’ve been helping international humanisation organisations scale their paid digital media programmes as a consultant. For example I helped an international children's charity invest over $10million a year in paid digital media at over a 3:1 return, including launching a paid digital media programme in China that grew 1,000% in 5 years, recruiting 10s of thousands of monthly donors.

To date, many humanitarian organisations have struggled to set up and scale digital media effectively for fundraising. Lack of investment, skills, knowledge mean that the opportunities in digital get missed. Now with the size and advertising features the Facebook platform enables, if organisations master the right tactics, digital can become the lead channel for new supporter acquisition.

Recently I’ve set up a programme that helps humanitarian organisations leverage Facebook Ads for lead generation and fundraising. We have clients of all shapes and sizes. Some just starting out and some generating over $500,000 a month in donations from Facebook Ads.