Fundraisers continue to share information and advice via e-mail lists. This year we have seen the discussion topics expand and refine yet further. You can now discuss Women in Philanthropy, International Grants, German fundraising issues, and the products of various fundraising database and software companies. Christoph and I also set up the Webmanager list, for managers of nonprofit Web sites, including those being used for fundraising purposes. There are now very many training courses for nonprofit staff in using the Internet, some of them covering online fundraising.
Some courses are even available in distance-learning form via the Internet.
My book on fundraising on the Internet has now been followed by one from the US, and many fundraising magazines now run a column on new Web-based resources. She will be presenting new research on attitudes to giving, which includes coverage of the Internet. The infrastructure for online fundraising that has been lacking in the various national nonprofit sectors for the past few years is now clearly under construction. The next year promises to bring very exciting developments. We should start, for example, to see attempts at greater personalisation of fundraising Web sites.