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Fundraising: Seeking and Making Money |
Management & Leadership |
Marketing & Communication |
Law and Finance |
Skills development |
HR: Managing your staff and volunteers |
| 09.30 - 10.30 |
Why companies want to give money
Understand what motivates companies, how to approach and talk to them, and learn how to find good areas of cooperation where your mission and their profits can meet. Learn their language and how to make the most of their needs whilst keeping true to your goals.
Speaker: Noam Kostucki
WF1 |
Masterclass
09.30 – 11.30
Strategic Planning
In this practical session we will look at how to make time spent on strategy, something that is valuable and useful to a voluntary organisation. The session
will outline a process to help an organisation develop a strategy and also introduce a range of practical tools that can be used to encourage discussion and help to reach agreement about future direction. The session will also look at some key questions and issues that voluntary organisations often face as they grow and develop.
Speaker: Alan Lawrie
WM1 |
Getting Your Stories into The Media
Getting into the media can be a struggle but it needn’t be! Discover strategies on how to raise the profile of your charity with broadcast media (radio and TV) print media (newspapers, magazines and more) and new media. Find out how you can make the most of stories about your work and your beneficiaries.
Speaker: Gideon Burrows
WC1 |
Employment Law Update
Get all the latest updates you need; including a review of recent changes to employment law and practice. Offering practical approaches on how charities can best manage their business practice and staff, the latest issues in discrimination and employment status.
Speaker: Sue Grimshaw, Direct Law and Personnel
WL1 |
Communicate to Influence
This session is about building effective, collaborative relationships. It looks at how we perceive others and their behaviours, how to adapt communication
approaches to influence others and what gets in the way of listening.
Speaker: Cathy Shimmin
WS1
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Managing Volunteers
Just because volunteers don’t get paid doesn’t mean they don’t need to be managed. Come and find out some tips on managing volunteers effectively and handling tricky situations.
Speaker: Heather Brierley
WH1 |
| 10.45 - 11.45 |
How to Fundraise from the Community
Come along to explore the key principles of fundraising from the local community and learn how to use volunteer networks as a resource to develop a holistic management model approach to community fundraising.
Speaker: Noam Kostucki
WF2
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Great Writing for Charities
Newsletters, magazines, e.news, annual reports and more. Your words are the most powerful tool available to get your messages across and achieve your charity’s aims. Learn how to make your words and publications work harder, whether in print or online.
Speaker: Gideon Burrows
WC2 |
Dealing with Redundancies
This workshop will help you to have an understanding on when to put staff on notice, what procedures to follow, redundancy calculations, matrix scoring,
appeals and tribunals.
Speaker: Sue Grimshaw, Direct Law and Personnel
WL2 |
Super Self Esteem and Confidence
Look at the relationship between self esteem, confidence and behaviour in a fun but practical session. And find out the secrets of lions, pussycats and the great big CON!
Speaker: Cathy Shimmin
WS2 |
Maintaining Staff Morale During Change
Change can be extremely stressful and worrying for your staff. This session will share how to keep staff engaged and motivated during change and is an essential skill for any manager.
Speaker: Christine Wright
WH2 |
| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Writing Effective Fundraising Letters and Proposals
Writing fundraising letters and proposals is a learned art that can be constantly refined. This session is aimed at those new to writing, offering some top
tips on how to make an assessor look up and take note.
Speaker: Chris Wells
WF3 |
Managing Projects
Increasingly organisations have to design, plan for and manage fixed term projects. This session will outline useful techniques for managing projects, look at how to manage short-term project funding and outline how organisations need to develop their approach to project management.
Speaker: Alan Lawrie
WM3 |
Secrets of a Successful E-newsletter
E-communications are becoming as effective and common as traditional print. They are cheaper and quicker to produce, and can be more effective if done right. Get tips on setting one up, getting people subscribed, what should go in and how an e-newsletter can achieve your aims.
Speaker: Gideon Burrows
WC3 |
Volunteers and the Law
It is important to consider the legal implications of working with volunteers and this brief introduction to Volunteers and the Law will provide an opportunity for participants to gain information on some of the key areas they should consider. An interactive question and answer session with the opportunity to unpick anything you are unsure of.
Speaker: Jo Ward, Volunteer Centre Glossop
WL3 |
It’s About Time…
Bad news – you cannot get more time. Good news – you can improve on how effective you are in the time you have. Is it about time you found out how? Turn up on time and get a variety of tips, tools and techniques to choose from.
Speaker: Cathy Shimmin
WS3 |
Training Volunteers
Why do you need to bother with training volunteers? Come along to this session to find out the importance of developing your volunteers and the different ways you can do this. Help make your great volunteers even better!
Speaker: Heather Brierley
WH3 |
| Lunch 13.00 - 14.00 |
| 14.00 - 15.00 |
Asking for Money: Effective Fundraising
The objective for a fundraiser is to get money in! In the UK we are adverse to asking for money. This session will give you the key to asking and getting money from donors as well as how to use straight forward and effective communication for fundraising.
Speaker: Noam Kostucki
WF4 |
Drawing up a Business Plan
This session will focus on how to draw up
a useful plan that is realistic, flexible and focused, covering some of the key issues that voluntary organisations need to tackle in business planning.
The session will show how to use the plan in persuading funders to support the plan and also how to keep the plan up to date and relevant.
Speaker: Alan Lawrie
WM4
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Leaflets, Brochures, Articles et al
So you are the ‘lucky’ one who has to write the new promotional piece! Seven classic tips on design, structure and enthusiasm for better literature, which will give you a flying start to the next job.
Speaker: Chris Wells
WC4 |
Writing a Budget
This brief introduction is aimed at those new to the budgeting process, or who are still struggling when working with budgets. It will cover budget assumptions, identifying budget lines and generally explaining why budgets are necessary, enabling you to be more confident when using budgets in future.
Speaker: Uday Thakkar
WL4 |
Masterclass
14.00-16.00
Emotional Intelligence & Assertiveness
What is Emotional Intelligence and why does it matter? This session will give you some useful insights into both emotional intelligence and assertiveness and why they are essential for effective communication at work. You will understand the five important abilities of emotional intelligence and be able to develop an assertiveness toolkit to enhance your skills.
Speaker: Christine Wright
WS4 |
Who Do You Think You Are - Myers Briggs?
Enhance your understanding of yourself, your motivations, natural strengths and potential areas for growth. It will also help you appreciate people who differ from you. Myers- Briggs uses a theory of psychological types to build knowledge of how each individual sees & relates to the world.
Speaker: Janet Owens
WH4 |
| 15.15 - 16.15 |
Why are Proposals so Boring?
Assessing charity proposals has become like marking exam papers. When one hits the desk which exudes passion and fire and is jargon free, it is a welcome change, and an energising ask. Put the passion back into your proposals, and cheer up the assessors who read it!
Speaker: Chris Wells
WF5 |
Relationship Management
This workshop will focus on how to gain the most out of relationships that you have with suppliers, partners, sponsors, donors and corporations. It will
look at how best to manage the relationship from beginning to end and what to do to gain more at no extra cost.
Speaker: Mark Freeman, Charity Business
WM5 |
Shout the Loudest
Learn how to identify your audience, get noticed and find effective ways of reaching them. Come to explore methods of promotion and find out how to choose the right ones to get the right results to: promote without spending money, write effective materials and make the most from contra-deals.
Speaker: Gideon Burrows
WC5 |
Duties of a Trustee
This session will develop an understanding of the role of trustees and explore practical ways of establishing an effective board of trustees.
Speaker: Uday Thakkar
WL5 |
Retaining Volunteers
It is great to have recruited volunteers, but how do you keep them? This session will look at the different reasons that people volunteer, what volunteers look for from organisations and how you can keep volunteers without spending too much money!
Speaker: Heather Brierley
WH5 |
| 16.30 - 17.30 |
How to Fundraise Through a Recession
2009, and 2010, are likely to be tough years for fundraisers – but this is not the first, nor the last recession we will experience, and the best fundraisers not only survive but prosper during difficult times and challenges. So, just what are their great secrets then?
Speaker: Chris Wells
WF6 |
Getting More for Less: Leading Through a Recession
People are your most valuable asset. This session will give you some essentials for helping them stay engaged and productive in this uncertain climate.
Speaker: Heather Brierley
WM6 |
Schmoozing: Effective Networking Skills
The power of networking can make all the difference in finding the help your organisation needs. This session will take you through the tips and secrets to
learn and become a better networker. Ideal session for small charities, social enterprises or personal development.
Speaker: Patrick Cox
WC6 |
Finance for Non Finance People
For all those who have to deal with finance issues, organisational events and activities, and reporting on income and expenditure. This brief introduction covers some of the basic finance concepts that non-finance staff need to demystify finance jargon and finance related processes.
Speaker: Uday Thakkar
WL6 |
Presentations – Practical and Punchy
Find out how to make the most of the presentation opportunities you have. Look at ways to clarify purpose, content and structure, as well as effective ways to engage the audience. Unscramble these and you’re half way there:- “craptice”, “nannglip” “boramiyemtil”
Speaker: Cathy Shimmin
WS6 |
Support and Supervision of Staff
Make everyone in your organisation want to work for you. Learn how to make those one-to-one sessions work for both of you and how to be a great manager.
Speaker: Christine Wright
WH6 |
