Kai Fischer (sociologist)

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Kai Fischer (born July 12, 1963 in Hamburg ) is a sociologist, university lecturer and fundraising expert. He lives in his native city of Hamburg.

Life

After graduating from high school Hartzloh in Hamburg in 1983 and doing community service at the Diakoniestation Alsterdorf, Kai Fischer studied sociology at the University of Hamburg from 1984 . He finished his studies in 1990 with a diploma. Until 1995 he was at the Institute for Work and Technology e. V., initially as a freelance employee in the research project technology in the public service , then from 1992 as a research assistant in the research project Workplace of the Driver , for which he carried out an ergonomic study with qualitative methods. The final report was published in 1995 under the same title.

It was only in 2009 that Fischer returned to research at the University of Bremen . There he was given the theoretical foundation of fundraising in 2015 with a work entitled Why people donate with Prof. Dr. Dorle Dracklé is doing her doctorate in the field of cultural studies. In this context, he developed an approach to giving logics for the purpose of differentiated consideration of donation actions and social relationship patterns. Referring back to the French ethnologist Marcel Mauss , Fischer states that the act of donation is to be viewed as an act of giving. The gift is tied back to the giver, because the choice of gift influences the definition of a relationship. Donations also structured social relationships. He finished his doctorate as Dr. phil with the predicate magna cum laude .

Kai Fischer is married and has two grown sons.

job

After a year of freelance work in a management consultancy until 1995, Fischer co-founded the management consultancy VeWulff und Partner in Hamburg in 1996, of which he was a member until 1997. In 1997, Fischer co-founded the agency for multimedia marketing and sponsoring GmbH AMM with two partners (from 2006 AMM GmbH - Marketing + Fundraising + Digital Communication), for which he worked as a managing partner until 2007 . In this environment, Fischer also developed approaches to fundraising specifically for organizations that operate regionally . Starting from an initial high point in the Internet wave, when the telecom stock was issued and the tech stock market skyrocketed, Fischer wondered how nonprofits could use the Internet and take advantage of these new opportunities. As a result, the agency was founded.

In 2008 he joined Spendwerk GmbH, based in Jesteburg , as a partner, where he was managing partner until 2012. During this time, his main focus was on advising nonprofit organizations and designing and implementing fundraising projects. In 2012 he founded Mission-Based Consulting - Fischer, Kulschewski und Partner as a managing partner, which existed until 2017. Since January 2018 he has been the sole owner of the consulting company Mission-Based Consulting in Hamburg. His focus there is on the strategic advice of nonprofit organizations, the design of exchange relationships as well as the development of narrative structures and the normative foundation of nonprofit organizations. In 2019 he was recognized as a certified fundraiser according to the international ANSI standard CFRE.

In addition, Dr. Kai Fischer has worked at colleges and universities since 2002, focusing on the theory and practice of fundraising, including since 2010 at the Berlin School of Economics and Law .

In 1997, Kai Fischer was the first fundraising expert to give and publish lectures on the subject of online fundraising in Germany, particularly with a focus on fundraising for regional organizations. He transferred the mission-based approach from the US to the conditions in German-speaking countries.

Research priorities

Current research projects on narratives of nonprofit organizations in fundraising and the connection between donations and identity.

Starting with the question of why online fundraising is less successful than classic forms of fundraising, Kai Fischer has dealt with the question of whether different forms of giving can be identified. The answer to this question led to his dissertation, in which he identified, among other things, different logics of giving as basic forms of social action on which donation acts are based. In order for the donor to act as a donor, further factors such as external communication between the donation-receiving organizations and the disposition of the donors must be taken into account.

Following his dissertation, Fischer worked on his approach to mission statements as the normative foundation of organizations, their narratives and storytelling on the one hand and the dispositions of the donors on the other. His research interest is currently on the relationship between donations and identity.

Teaching assignments

  • 2002–2006 University of Applied Sciences for Administration and Justice Berlin (FHVR) in the Public Management course
  • 2007–2012 University of Rostock , at the Center for Quality Assurance in Studies and Further Education, the fundraising module in the environmental education course
  • since 2010 Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR) in the master's degree in nonprofit management and public governance for the modules business planning and marketing / fundraising

Memberships

  • since 1997 coordinator and head of the Hamburg regional group of the German Fundraising Association , together with m. Gitta Roselius and Ulf Compart; 2006–2007 member of the structural reform commission; 2007–2011 chairman or simple member of the committee “Standards for good, ethical fundraising practice” (ethics committee); since 2014 Chairman of the Arbitration Commission and Head of the “Politics and Civil Society” section, together with m. Andreas Schlotmann
  • 1997–2000 member of the ÖTV / Ver.di Hamburg occupational safety commission
  • 2001–2007 founding member, fundraising for the Future Hope Foundation e. V.
  • 2003–2010 member of the Board of Trustees of the Agens Foundation, Leipzig
  • since 2016 member of the research association Fundraising and Civil Society

Publications

Monographs and editorships

  • together with A. Frosch, HJ Krankenhagen, T. Neuhaus, A. Raftopoulo: The driving examiner's workplace . Fachverlag NW in Carl Ed. Schünemann KG, Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 978-3894299163 .
  • together with Manfred Wielandt: Fundraising with publications . Issue 14 of the specialist publications of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialmarketing e. V. , Nonprofit Verlag & Service, Bietigheim-Bissingen, March 1997, ISBN 978-3932624148 .
  • together with André Neumann: Multi-channel fundraising - communicate cleverly, attract more donors . Gabler, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3409120067 .
  • together with Bettina Hohn and Thomas Kreuzer: Fundraising Practice - Learning from Successful Examples: Fundraising Yearbook 2005 . BoD, Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 978-3833429514 .
  • together with Ehrenfried Conta Gromberg: The 10 myths in fundraising: Why regional fundraisers shouldn't believe everything. Spendwerk GmbH, Jesteburg 2009, ISBN 978-3940354358 .
  • Why people donate. A contribution to the gift-theoretical foundation of fundraising. Mission-Based Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3981745702 .
  • Mission-based fundraising. Higher donations through long-term relationships. Mission-Based Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3981745726 .

Contributions to anthologies (selection)

  • together with Friedrich Haunert and Thomas Kreuzer: What is fundraising? In: Fundraising Academy (ed.): Fundraising. Handbook for basics, strategies and methods . 7th edition, Springer Gabler , Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 978-3658071097 , pp. 77-91.
  • Fundraising strategies. In: Fundraising Academy (ed.): Fundraising. Handbook for basics, strategies and methods . Pp. 173-184.
  • Give logics . In: Fundraising Academy (ed.): Fundraising. Handbook for basics, strategies and methods . Pp. 46-56.
  • Multi - channel fundraising . In: Fundraising Academy (ed.): Fundraising. Handbook for basics, strategies and methods . Pp. 801-810.
  • Occasion donations - a traditional classic in a new look. In: Gesa Birnkraut , Rainer Lisowski, Stefanie Wesselmann, Rolf Wortmann (eds.): Yearbook for Management in Nonprofit Organizations 2012: Nonprofit Management Yearbook 2012 . Lit Verlag , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3643116444 , pp. 99-112.
  • ... and where is the moral - on the connection between values ​​and fundraising. In: Udo Hahn, Thomas Kreuzer , Susanne Schenk, Gury Schneider-Ludorff (eds.): Giving and shaping. Do we need a new culture of gift? . Series of fundraising studies: On art and culture of gift , Vol. 4. Lit Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3825812782 , pp. 155–166.
  • together with Annette Krause: Fundraising of regional organizations. In: Paritätischer Gesamtverband and Paritätische Akademie (ed.): Work manual - finances for the social sector . 14. update Edition. Dashöfer Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-938553-22-0 .
  • Success factors for online fundraising. In: Paritätischer Gesamtverband and Paritätische Akademie (ed.): Work manual - finances for the social sector .
  • together with André Neumann: From donor management to relationship management. Multi-channel fundraising as a new challenge . In: Handbuch KulturManagement, E 4.3 Edition 45 (February 2002).
  • together with Bettina Hohn: online fundraising. From conception to strategic implementation . In: Hans W. Brockes: Guide to sponsoring & event marketing: For companies, sponsoring recipients & agencies . Raabe Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3818305017 , C 2.7.

Articles in journals (selection)

  • Why there are fewer and fewer donors. In: Fundraiser Magazin , No. 6/2015, ISSN 1867-0563.
  • Mission-based budgeting - in five steps to the right budget. In: SozialWirtschaft , Vol. 25 (2015) Issue 4, Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2015, ISSN 1613-0707, pp. 7–9.
  • 20 years of fundraising in Germany. A critical reflection . In: Michael Vilain and Sebastian Wegner (eds.): Social Talk 2014: What else can fundraising achieve in modern financial management? , Institute for Future Issues in the Health and Social Economy of the Evangelical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt 2015.
  • Recruiting new donors begins on your own doorstep. In: Fundraiser Magazin , No. 3/2009, ISSN 1867-0563, pp. 24-25.
  • Commissions - the curse in fundraising . In: Fundraising Current . No. 1/2008, ISSN 1611-4078, pp. 34-42.
  • Men and donations - the white spot on the fundraising map? In: Fundraiser , spring 2007.
  • Why online fundraising doesn't work - and sometimes it is surprisingly successful nonetheless. In: Fundraising Aktuell , No. 1/2006, ISSN 1611-4078.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See partnership register of the Hamburg District Court on Reg-No. 804, most recently Dr. Fischer and Rasmussen in entry section 1
  2. ↑ "I find the idea that the donor is a friend absurd." Interview. In: Fundraiser magazine. Matthias Daberstiel, Udo Lehner, Daniela Münster, June 1, 2016, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Sarah Emminghaus: Donations - but what for? No picture of sad children. In: taz.de. December 21, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Why do people donate? In: neue-stiften.de. Schomerus - Advice for Social Engagement GmbH, October 8, 2015, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Dr. Stephanie Neumann: Motives for giving - donations as a moment of identity. In: Fundraiser magazine. December 13, 2018, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Extract from the commercial register of AMM GmbH - Marketing Fundraising Digital Communication from Hamburg (HRB 65866). Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Kai Fischer: Introduction . In: Why people donate. A contribution to the gift-theoretical foundation of fundraising. Mission-Based Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817457-0-2 , pp. 5 .
  8. ↑ Handelsregisterauszug Spend GmbH in Jesteburg (HRB 4774). Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
  9. ^ Storytelling - Mission-Based Consulting. Retrieved December 22, 2019 .
  10. ↑ About. In: cfre.org. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Kai Fischer: Funding ties by email . In: Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialmarketing (Ed.): BSM-Newsletter . No. 3/99 , ISSN  1437-3696 , p. 30th f . The BSM later renamed the German Fundraising Association.
  12. ^ Roger Tinner: Books: Mission-based Fundraising. Higher donations through long-term relationships. In: swissfundraising.org. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Kai Fischer: Chapter 5 "Narrative" . In: Mission-Based Fundraising. Higher donations through long-term relationships . Mission-Based Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-9817457-2-6 , pp. 99-116 .
  14. ↑ What was the (main) impetus for the donation? In: Donation year 2018: Balance of helping. German Donation Council e. V. and GfK SE, February 27, 2019, accessed on January 20, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Kai Fischer: Networking is relationship work - what role do XING, LinkedIn & Co. play on the way to becoming a dream partner? In: die-profiloptimierer.de. Holger Ahrens, August 1, 2019, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Stephanie Neumann: Motives of giving - donations as a moment of identity. In: fundraiser-magazin.de. Matthias Daberstiel, Udo Lehner, Daniela Münster-Daberstiel, December 13, 2018, accessed on January 20, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Arbitration Commission. Profile Kai Fischer. In: dfrv.de. German Fundraising Association V., accessed on January 20, 2020 .
  18. ↑ The Foundation. People. In: root.georgpohl.de/stiftung-agens/. Network Southeast e. V., accessed on January 20, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Beate Haverkamp and Wiebke Doctor: 5 Thinking Models for Fundraising. In: shop.fundraiser-magazin.de. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Christian Gahrmann: Why people donate. In: fundraiser-magazin.de. Matthias Daberstiel, Udo Lehner, Daniela Münster-Daberstiel, September 28, 2015, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, quay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fundraising expert, specialist book author and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg