(July 21, 2021) The click rates of charity email increased significantly in 2020, according to the UK Data and Direct Marketing Association’s Email Benchmarking Report 2021 released on July 20. UK DMA monitors direct marketing responses across the Finance, Retail, Publishing, Travel, Not-for-Profit and Utilities sectors. While this year's metrics appear to … [Read more...] about Charity email click rates show significant increase in 2020: UK report
The Art of Work in Works of Art
(July 19, 2021) We are, once again, at the start of the work week. But more than that. We just (as in society, all of us together) might be on the edge of the biggest change in work practices since the digital revolution in the 1990s. At a recent editorial meeting we thought it might be a good time to cast our eyes back to the history of the art of work and some of the people … [Read more...] about The Art of Work in Works of Art
Huge tuition increases at Memorial University put the levers of inequality on centre stage
(July 19, 2021) Memorial University of Newfoundland was created after Newfoundland and Labrador joined Confederation with Canada in 1949. Then-premier Joey Smallwood declared that one of his first priorities of Confederation was for Newfoundlanders to have the opportunity to receive a quality post-secondary education without leaving the province. The successful future … [Read more...] about Huge tuition increases at Memorial University put the levers of inequality on centre stage
Bond UK: Exploring women’s leadership
(July 16, 2021) Exploring women’s leadership in 5 INGOs: A feminist learning journey is a recent report released by Bond UK that takes on the issues of misogyny and sexism in the charity sector. In 2019, statistics showed that “70% of INGO staff were women, but only 30-35% were chief executive officers.” Spurred on by the “slow progress” on issues of equity and … [Read more...] about Bond UK: Exploring women’s leadership
Stratford Festival opened on July 13
(July 14, 2021) It’s déjà vu all over again with the Stratford Festival opened, and its season being held under a tent, the same way it opened in 1953, with Alec Guinness and a young Christopher Plummer among the cast of Richard III. Plummer wrote about the experience in his deliciously gossipy autobiography In Spite of Myself. It wasn’t until 1956 that Plummer played his … [Read more...] about Stratford Festival opened on July 13