Adrian Sargeant - University of Indiana
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Adrian Sargeant - Robert F. Hartsook Professor of Fundraising, Indiana University
12 Free Reports of Christmas
1. A Hidden Gem - Resilience report from the Clore Social Leadership Programme
The Clore Social Leadership Programme aims to develop and connect aspiring leaders in the social sector who are working for the benefit of individuals and communities across the UK. nfpSynergy has been supporting Clore fellows on their research projects through a mixture of research.
2. Major Donor Giving Research Report
This report is a synthesis of the current research that has been carried out into major donors and philanthropic giving.
I'm comms, I saw, I conquered; why it's time for communications people to stand up and be counted
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Time for some negative thinking.
When times are tough, the axe often tends to fall on comms. Ops naturally has to be protected, the argument goes, because they’re 'doing the do', while fundraising brings in the cash that pays for it all and finance is wielding the chopper, so is handily at the opposite end from the blade. Comms is vulnerable because it’s trickier to demonstrate with cold facts and hard figures the value it adds.
What does the model grant-maker look like
We have just launched the results of our research into what charities want from grant-makers, and what a model grant-maker looks like in the eyes of charities. ‘Taking nothing for granted’ is an extensive piece of research and here is a blog outlining what we believe are some of the hallmarks of a model grant-maker.
Charities and the rise of the impact thought police
Charities have a new big brother. A new set of what is right and what is wrong about how they should think and behave. A new set of permitted words and phrases that are allowed and those that aren't. A new set of jargon and acronyms that serve only to confuse and emasculate.
Improving your CV in the chaos of job applications
We were inundated with applications for our recently advertised post of administrator. The competition was really fierce. We have now appointed somebody but having gone through all the applications, we were struck by some common problems and mistakes people were making, so we thought we would give a few tips and pointers about how you can make your CV stand out a bit more – and do all those skills, qualifications and experience justice. This is only our view (well Joe Saxton’s really).