I am Dan Geaves, and this is my blog.
I am the Director of Fundraising and Communications at Inspire Foundation in Australia.
For the last nine years or so I have been working exclusively with charities, offering my knowledge and skills as a direct marketer to help them further their causes. Most recently at Pareto Fundraising in Australia and New Zealand, and before that at Bluefrog in London.
Prior to that I was a commercial direct marketer during which time I helped launch a credit card for Virgin, created the first e-marketing campaign for Vodafone, and worked with an ex-Russian tank designer to create a vision of the technology of the future for Ericsson. (Most of which has come true.)
Before that I worked as a psychologist, helping to identify how the British Government could encourage people to save more, and why people don’t exercise.
I have spoken for the Fundraising Institute of Australia (FIA) and at the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand (FINZ) International Conference, as well as for Pareto Fundraising’s own Masterclass series in Australia and Hong Kong.
I am fortunate enough to have picked up awards from D&AD and the DMA in the UK, ADMA (2006, 2007, 2008), FIA (2008), and FINZ (2008). I judged the Asia-Pacific entires to the 2008 and 2009 ECHO Awards, and the 2008 ADMA Effectiveness Awards.
The opinions I express are mine, and whilst I hold a position at Inspire Foundation my opinions do not necessarily represent the views of that charity.
