Rhodri Davies, Founder and Director, Why Philanthropy Matters, is a highly experienced fundraiser who has spent the past few years keeping abreast of things AI. Rhodri explores the potential opportunities and challenges that rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology will bring for charities including how it will impact fundraisers, philanthropists and the sector generally.
DSC Associate Richard Sved, co-author of Fundraising Strategy and author of Charity Fundraising Templates brings his usual mix of inspiration, passion, and practical examples to this important topic. He brings with him the experience of leading fundraising teams at over ten national charities, and advising dozens of others, so get ready for a fast-paced session packed with detail.
Getting the right people and looking after them the right way means that staff stay with us, and stay happy with us. However, these things go beyond process, policies and procedures. Your speakers look forward to sharing some of their tips and insights from a range of perspectives, covering What makes Recruitment and Retention Successful?, What do we need to do and be as leaders to support staff well-being?' and 'Positive Workplace Culture and How to Create It.'
The developments in digital communications mean that digital fundraising is pretty much a must for all of us now. We can no longer ignore the need to reach wider audiences through the range of platforms out there. In this workshop we look at the tools available to you and the tactics you can employ to suit your circumstances.
In this recording Layla Moosavi, Associate Trainer, Directory of Social Change and Chris Pitt, Impact Direct, Benefact group delve into the questions posed following our ‘Writing Winning Funding Applications’ webinar, providing further insight into what makes a winning funding application, how to make your application stand out and how to secure those all-important funds.
In this workshop Layla Moosavi, Associate Trainer, Directory of Social Change, looks at how our approach to funding applications has changed within the shifting funding landscape and shares some top tips for writing winning applications. This session is a useful reminder for those who have some experience – successful or otherwise, as well as those at the starting line.
In this workshop style webinar, we talk about the need for securing essential costs and some practical ways to breakdown the costs, and frame that for funders and for funding applications.
In this webinar, Mark Carrigan, MD Carrigan Consulting Ltd will draw on his 20+ years of experience in facilitating high value relationships to show that achieving transformational results is attainable for organisations of any size.
Being able to demonstrate the impact of your work can improve your chances of funding. Join us for this introductory session on social impact measurement and discover simple and practical steps to begin or improve your impact reporting journey.
Events can provide a valuable source of funding. Join us for guidance on how to maximise income from your attendees and help your participants hit the ground running.. … or cycling, walking, skydiving, etc!
With increasing demand on funders, applications have become very competitive. To maximise your chances of success it’s vital that any application is as close to perfection as possible.
Volunteers are the life blood of the charitable sector. So how can we ensure we engage with and attract potential new volunteers, retain existing volunteers, and build volunteer advocacy?
Effective donor care and stewardship underpin successful fundraising efforts and is all about building long term relationships.
The current cost of living crisis is posing many problems for the charitable sector. In this recording discover how you can minimise the cost of giving crisis, what lights are on the horizon and what myths, truths and perceptions are informing views of the charity sector today.
Our recorded webinar is here to help you better understand the opportunities social media fundraising presents and give you some simple steps to take to get started.
Legacies (or gifts in Wills) are the fastest growing source of income for charities. Our recorded webinar with expert speaker, Richard Radcliffe, shares the simple steps your charity could take to get started with legacies.
What does the cost-of-living crisis mean for fundraising events? Our recorded webinar can help you manage events efficiently ensuring you make the most of your time and investment.
In this recorded ‘webinar workshop’, we will explore some key points you need to consider when approaching funders and writing/pitching to them. Layla Moosavi, DSC Associate trainer, will share good guidance and practice for writing funding applications and take you through a couple of practice exercises to help you get your pitch right.
Previous fundraising webinars highlighted the interest in corporate partnerships. In this recorded event, a panel of experts shared their insights on corporate support for charities, as well as answering your top questions.
Watch our recorded Q&A digital fundraising webinar where your questions are answered by an expert panel. Previous fundraising webinars really highlighted the interest in digital fundraising and some of the questions charities have around this topic. Why and how being the broad questions, but there were many more challenging questions given to our panellists to answer.
Many charities are keen to tap into digital opportunities both to raise money but also to maintain relationships with donors. With the chance to meet people face-to-face or hold fundraising events having been significantly reduced over recent times, digital fundraising is becoming even more important.
Fundraising is ineffective when it’s a one-way process. To be successful, you need to understand the audience and communicate the right information to tap into the potential donor or supporter’s needs and motivations. Before asking for support, you need to understand the motivations of a potential donor or funder so that it’s a mutually beneficial experience to get the ‘yes’.
Support from individuals, corporates and grant-making bodies are just three key areas to source income for your charity.
A fundraising plan is a must to enable your organisation to have the confidence that it can generate income and run the services it provides.
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