Felicia Willow
9 Oct 2018, 08:00
Employing Trustees: Navigating The Minefield
One of your charity Trustees (or ex-Trustees) may seem like the perfect…
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Sally Denbigh
9 Oct 2018, 08:00
Salaries and Benchmarking
Determining the appropriate salary for a job is not always easy, and also of…
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9 Oct 2018, 08:00
Are you a Charity That Helps Women Enter the Workplace?
Are you a charity that helps women enter the workplace? If so, you may wish to…
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13 Sep 2018, 08:00
Marketing And Communications In Small Charities
Marketing and Communications in small charities has its own particular…
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Sally Denbigh
9 Aug 2018, 08:00
Finding and Recruiting the Hottest New Candidates
It’s August, it’s Summer and it’s too hot to be thinking about recruitment.…
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Emily Petty
9 Aug 2018, 08:00
Building Meaningful Lifelong Relationships with Supporters
What does relationship fundraising look like in today’s world? And how should…
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Sally Denbigh
5 Jul 2018, 10:41
Legacy fundraising: don’t leave it to luck!
Legacies are an important source of funding, yet more than half of charitable…
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David Saint
21 Mar 2018, 10:41
Where are the Visionaries?
Charities pride themselves on making a difference, yet so often we seem to get…
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David Saint
14 Mar 2018, 10:41
The answer’s Yes. What’s the question?
Action Planning gets asked to help with an extraordinarily diverse range of…
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Lucinda Shaw
14 Mar 2018, 10:41
Focussing on People rather than Performance will get you to Excellence
Almost every organisation will say that its people are its greatest asset. And…
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David Saint
8 Feb 2018, 10:41
Procurement Obscurement?
Does your Procurement Department always get you the best deal? We share some…
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Felicia Willow
8 Feb 2018, 10:41
Five Indications of Failing Trustee Boards
Poor trustees – always being bashed these days! But these observations, from an…
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David Saint
8 Feb 2018, 10:41
Recruiting your first fundraiser
If your organisation is planning to employ a fundraiser for the first time, here…
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Robin Hamilton
8 Feb 2018, 10:41
Learning lessons from Oxfam - To disclose or not to disclose? That is the question.
It is sad to see so many media outlets and commentators jumping on the…
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David Saint
8 Feb 2018, 10:41
How to diversify income
Any organisation that is dependent on one source for more than 30% of its income…
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David Saint
5 Dec 2017, 10:41
Governance – what could possibly go wrong?
The Charity Commission recently reviewed their ‘problem cases’, and came up with…
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David Saint
5 Dec 2017, 10:41
How to recruit trustees
Perhaps we should start with ‘how not to recruit trustees’ – because frankly the…
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David Saint
5 Dec 2017, 10:41
Simple Governance Review – here’s one I prepared earlier!
Andrew Betts, Director of Advantage Africa was very quick off the mark, by…
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David Saint
5 Dec 2017, 10:41
How to Recruit a Chief Executive
We turn our attention to the recruitment of a Chief Executive. But surely…
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David Saint
5 Dec 2017, 10:41
'Preference Diversity' The Essential Team Ingredient
First, what is diversity? Diversity is ‘the fact of many different types of…
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David Saint
5 Dec 2017, 10:41
Downloadable policies – just papering over the cracks?
In our increasingly complex society, we now need an astonishing array of…
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David Saint
5 Dec 2017, 10:41
How to recruit a Fundraising Director
In recent issues we have considered the best approach for recruiting trustees,…
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David Saint
3 Oct 2017, 09:41
The £1.19m answer: Einstein’s Theory of Happiness
I was fascinated to read recently that Einstein’s ‘Theory of Happiness’ had been…
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Kate
3 Oct 2017, 09:41
Managing Reputation - Inoculating Against Crisis
It was Warren Buffet who once said “It takes twenty years to build a reputation…
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Gavin
30 Aug 2017, 10:41
Challenge Events – An Antidote to GDPR - The Great Depression of People Raising (money)
Over the last few years I feel we have been in a ‘great depression’ within the…
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David Saint
30 Aug 2017, 10:41
CV Tips – From The Recruiter’s Perspective
Having recently read 79 applications for one role, and 6 for another, I have…
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Tim Glynne-Jones
30 Aug 2017, 10:41
Website woes? Here’s a solution
When it comes to publicising the work of your charity, a good website is…
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David Saint
30 Aug 2017, 10:41
When the problem is having too much money
This may seem an extraordinary topic to explore in a charity sector newsletter,…
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Dave Tyler
30 Aug 2017, 10:41
Project management? Never heard of it…
I’ve been a professional project manager for over 20 years and freelance for…
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Ian
30 Aug 2017, 10:41
The Value of a Mentor
The most honest feedback I receive in life is after the final whistle is blown…
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David Saint
12 Jul 2017, 10:41
How To Plan A Capital Appeal
For most organisations, major capital projects are not common occurrences – they…
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Felicia Willow
12 Jul 2017, 10:41
Trustee appraisals – have you got yours in place?
The Charity Governance Code recommends that the Boards of all charities – large…
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Felicia Willow
12 Jul 2017, 10:41
Charity crisis: Do you know what to do when something goes wrong?
All of us, obviously, want things to go smoothly at our charity; but what to do…
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David Saint
12 Jul 2017, 10:41
When is it the right time to do a capital appeal feasibility study?
An appeal for a major capital project is not an everyday occurrence for most…
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