“Done is better than perfect!” Days 1 & 2 of the #FundraisingEverywhere Festival

We're all getting used to webinars and online conferences, but this is something altogether more ambitious. A five day Festival of fundraising learning with over 50 speakers from across the world: The #FundraisingEverywhere Festival. Could Nikki and Simon pull it off? Only two days in, but my answer is already a resounding "yes". Here's my report of what's happened on day 1. Both days started with fascinating Q&A sessions with Justgiving team members, as well as Kenneth from London Marathon Events about Colonel Tom Moore's astonishing fundraising, and the £10 million topping #2point6challenge. One prevailing theme came through from both of these interviews, and indeed from other sessions. In these times, we have needed to work at speed, and be less perfectionist. We can learn from mistakes, but we need to respond quickly, and get something out there. Done is better than perfect. Presentations on day 1, with the overarching theme of "the why," were, without exception, excellent: Aaron Hearne on his fundraising efforts to remember his brother Liam; Michelle Berriman on her own personal "why"; some great advice from Lisa Sargent, and violin playing from Chris Keating; Jude Habib on amplifying storytelling voices; and an interview with Scott Harrison, who founded Charity: Water. But it was the moving words of Robi Damelin and Bassam Aramin of Israeli and Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace, that stayed with me the most: "Recognise the humani