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Episodes
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Keeping an active blog on your organisation's website improves your SEO, encourages people to visit your website, engages and inspires visitors to take action. But do you struggle to find the time or come up with content?
In this week's Quick Tip Simon shares ways to come up with engaging content while minimising the amount of time you need to devote to it.
Resources:
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
"The things that matter most to your donors don't depend on big budgets and lots of staff."
Wise words from this week's guest Caoileann Appleby (twitter.com/Qaoileann). As Simon delves deeper in to them, they chat about what donors actually want versus what they say the want. Along the way they touch on the difference between the English and Irish, Brexit, the Catholic Church, weightlifting, legacies, and conversations with donors.
Check out a couple of Caoileann's blog posts:
How are Irish donors different?
and
What they say isn't always what they mean...
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Should Board members fundraise? Well...not necessarily, but they all have a role in fundraising.
In this week's Quick Tip, Simon talks you through how to manage your Board members and get them to buy-in to and help your fundraising strategy.
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Do fundraising leaders need to wake up to the fact that zero-tolerance of sexual harassment is not the reality? Is sexual harassment commonplace in the 'good' sector? How do we address the power dynamic that predators seem to take advantage of?
Simon talks to Ruby Bayley-Pratt (twitter.com/RubyBayleyPratt) about her recent article and asks a bunch of clumsy man-questions about where we are now, what's next, and why haven't we figured it out yet?
Have a read of the original article here: https://twitter.com/stevejcotterill/status/1105018086686629888
Here's the Have I Got News For You clip that Ruby mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s08JBPwCko
Here's the TED talk mentioned: A Woman's Fury Holds Lifetimes Of Wisdom https://www.ted.com/talks/tracee_ellis_ross_a_woman_s_fury_holds_lifetimes_of_wisdom/
If you have been personally affected by anything discussed in this podcast then consider reaching out to:
- Safeline (UK) https://www.safeline.org.uk/
- Samaritans (UK & IE) samaritans.org.uk or phone 116123
- Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (IE) http://www.drcc.ie or phone 1800 77 8888
- RAINN (USA) https://www.rainn.org/ or phone 800.656.HOPE
Thursday Mar 14, 2019
Thursday Mar 14, 2019
You've heard of a Bucket List, but what about a Fundraising Bucket List?
This week Simon is joined by Andy King (twitter.com/andykingraising) to go through his Fundraising Bucket List line by line.
Along the way they chat about mentors, joining Boards, speaking at conferences, and the nuance of different forms of fundraising. All the while they're asking, what's on your fundraising bucket list?
Find Andy's website and blog here at responsibleraising.wordpress.com
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Simon loves LinkedIn. Yes it's full of weirdos, it's a blight on humanity, and it's really dumb. But it's great for connecting to corporate partners, engaging professionals, and building connections to help your fundraising.
In his latest 'Quick Tip', Simon spends 10 minutes talking about what makes a great LinkedIn profile. He goes through the elements of your profile step-by-step with concrete advice on how to appeal to potential supporters.
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Simon sits down with a very different financial planner, Betty-Anne Howard (twitter.com/BettyAnneCFP). They talk through her 19 years experience helping regular people (not just rich people with more money than they can spend) plan their legacies.
Along the way they chat about businesses with heart, spending your inheritance, conversations, questions, and making dreams a reality.
Find Betty-Anne at bettyanne.net
Check out her Philanthropic Businesses Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/934086416760437
And buy her book at bettyanne.net/shop
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Rory Green says, “It is much easier to make someone who cares about you give you money than it is to make someone who has money care about you.”
So let's stop competing for the same small pool of money and instead let's try to tap in to the thousands of companies who have never been approached.
In this week's Quick Tip Simon works through his 'Circles' exercise step-by-step, helping you identify the companies that are most likely to partner with you.
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
This week Simon is joined by Chris Baylis (twitter.com/CPBaylis) of The Sponsorship Collective.
The absolute King of Sponsorship, Chris talks through what works and what doesn't, what companies are looking for, and the biggest mistakes non-profits make when looking for partners.
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Networking doesn't have to be an absolute nightmare reserved for sales people and weirdos. Yes...you can overcome the awkwardness. In this latest Quick Tip, Simon tells you how.
Networking (for want of a better word) is a crucial part of being a fundraiser, progressing your career, and just being human. You have to put yourself out there so good things can happen.
Don't forget the Queen and King of Networking:
Nikki Bell at charitynikki.blog
Paul Nazareth at paulnazareth.com