In this second article on leadership in a crisis, Karen Cairney and Colin McCallum discuss the importance of focusing on external relationships. They discuss if now is too late to start and whether you are ready to launch into an emergency campaign. https://www.cairneyandcompany.com/blog/2020/3/30/leadership-and-advancement-in-the-current-crisis-i-wish-we-had-started-earlier
Do the next right thing: Leading during Coronavirus
Here is the first in a series of useful articles to tackle fundraising during a crisis.This article is written by Shaun Horan, who delves into how you can be resilient during times of change and make the best decisions possible with the limited information available. Shaun identifies three key qualities needed.https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-next-right-thing-leading-during-coronavirus-shaun-horan
What Every Leader Should Know About Purpose
Upwards of 80% of the world’s workforce reports active disengagement in their work. Engagement means being prideful and enthusiastic about the job. And most organizations have compelling mission/purpose statements that have been carefully word-smithed. We've become really good at knowing our purpose as leaders and organizations. We plaster it on the office walls, put it … Continue reading What Every Leader Should Know About Purpose
My experience of being a woman in the charity sector
Just as we all say that homogenous trustee boards lead to homogenous senior leadership and we all agree that we must tackle the balance of gender, sexual identification, ethnicity, ability and age on the Board, then we must be careful not to take our foot off the pedal just because we found brilliant leaders who … Continue reading My experience of being a woman in the charity sector
Be confident, be bold: 10 tips from female charity leaders
This article first appeared in The Guardian in 2015. While more than two-thirds of the UK’s voluntary sector workforce are women, men still dominate leadership roles. In the UK’s top 50 fundraising charities by income, just 30% have female chief executives and only 36% of trustees are women. Women are still under-represented at the top, … Continue reading Be confident, be bold: 10 tips from female charity leaders
16 Fundraising Success Metrics to Start Tracking
Measuring performance is a crucial step that nonprofits must take to succeed. There’s no better way of isolating and troubleshooting any ongoing problems. And worry not, there’s no shortage of methods of measuring performance. They’re called fundraising success metrics here, but they are also often referred to as key performance indicators (KPIs). These metrics are … Continue reading 16 Fundraising Success Metrics to Start Tracking
The Enemy Within – why the narrative about universities and students went so wrong
The headlines about universities over the last year have been tough to read. They reveal a sad truth. That the higher education sector, for all its strengths, has lost its ability to tell a coherent story about itself. The sector and its leadership are now suffering a collective crisis of moral authority, a crisis of … Continue reading The Enemy Within – why the narrative about universities and students went so wrong
A seven-step approach to problem solving with your team
A colleague walks into your office and says, “We have a big problem…”, as the leader often the desire is to jump into action and get the problem solved as quickly as possible. The key to success is to step back and immediately begin a seven-step process which will help you to gain detailed understanding … Continue reading A seven-step approach to problem solving with your team
Alumni Relations Forecast 2020: Relevance Rules
The alumni relations field today is in a good place: institutions have never been so consistently strategic, outcomes-based and intentional in their approach to alumni engagement. A growing business-oriented discipline toward strategy and programming has contributed to the rise in the stature of alumni relations as a more vital and respected institutional asset. Alumni professionals … Continue reading Alumni Relations Forecast 2020: Relevance Rules
Richard Branson’s most valuable tip for anyone who pitches an idea
Richard Branson needs no introduction and there is no doubt that he has heard thousands of pitches. What can fundraisers learn from Richard when it comes to us pitching to wealthy individuals? Richard states: "Throughout my career, I have heard thousands of pitches: formal business sit-downs, opportunist moments in elevators, and some very inventive incidents … Continue reading Richard Branson’s most valuable tip for anyone who pitches an idea
Propper Fundraising 