I am in Sydney attending the annual Fundraising & Philanthropy conference. The conference started with a half day on Wednesday followed by full days today and tomorrow. Last year I attended not really knowing what to expect – and was delighted by what I heard and learned. This year’s conference to date has built on my experiences of last year – especially in light of some of the outcomes some of our efforts in this area have produced over the past 12 months. I would be very surprised if SCH was not the smallest org by revenue represented at this conference. The majority of the orgs here are BIG and are 100% dependent upon gifts/donations to survive. This puts us in a very different arena of operation – however, the principles of what I am hearing/learning are relevant to a group of any size. It confirms to me that we do very many things well in this field – clearly with room to improve of course.