Which staff member in a fundraising office has the potential to the biggest, long-term impact? The Major Gift Officer? Sure. They bring in big gifts. Chief Development Officer? Absolutely. They have the ultimate responsibility. Planned Giving,Annual Fund, Special Events – any of these? All revenue generators. Sure. But who has the potential to have the […]
Read More Which Staff Member Has the Biggest Impact on Fundraising?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 […]
Read More My experience of being a woman in the charity sectorIn 2018, Blackbaud ended their UK conference with a conversation between Liesl Elder, Chief Development Officer at the University of Oxford and Amanda Bringans, Director of Fundraising at the British Heart Foundation. Here, Blackbaud present highlights from their discussion as these two successful fundraising leaders from two sides of the sector, charity and Higher Education […]
Read More In conversation with Liesl Elder and Amanda Bringans… The HighlightsThis 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, […]
Read More Be confident, be bold: 10 tips from female charity leadersThe majority of Development Directors are hired to grow income. In keeping with the ads and job descriptions, the charities are poised for growth and keen to hire an experienced fundraiser to lead the charge. The job interviews focus on a DD’s ability to raise funds, lead a team and be a senior team player […]
Read More Fundraising Directors – Why is your job so hard?Reinier Spruit discusses how we’re in the relationship building business and how we need to measure and register every response. Ironically, we must quantify the relations with our donors, so we can improve the quality of the contact we have with them. There are a ton of metrics we can track, and should track, like […]
Read More The BIG 5 in fundraising performance metricsAre you really as good as you think? Humility aside most of us doubt ourselves at some stage – that’s just part of life. But how can we turn imposter syndrome around to become an advantage? How can it inspire us to achieve greater things? How can we use this knowledge to inspire our prospects […]
Read More The Other Side of the Impostor Syndrome – Impostor SyndromeJason Lewis shares his thoughts on how to tackle an organisation’s unrealistic expectations towards fundraising goals early on… Some great advice for first time Development Directors. https://www.nonprofitpro.com/post/think-take-job/
Read More What to Think About Before You Take that Job…What kind of skills does a data scientist need to possess? What kind of data scientist do you need? This is a really useful guide by Bob Hayes for those who know and don’t know much about data. http://businessoverbroadway.com/top-10-skills-in-data-science
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