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Training & Development

 

Training & development…

Staying relevant, developing relationships, and engaging audiences are key to success and sustainability.

Is your team ready to achieve even more? Are you looking to lead them to even greater success? Ensuring you build the right team, engage them fully, and value their input will lead to greater success.

All of these will ensure the team operates more effectively and leads to your achieving not only greater success, but better retention of your staff. You can’t predict the future, but you can always prepare your team for it.

Training can often be more cost-effective than trying to recruit, plus it is a great way to implement mindset change. Demonstrating your passion to invest in your colleagues, whether it is technical skills or soft skills, can only help them to operate more effectively.


Staying relevant with your donors.


Do you want to stay relevant with your donors?

This half-day course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and practical tools to ensure you continue to be relevant with all your audiences.

Throughout the course, you will benefit from the wisdom of our trainers who have more than 30 years of first-hand experience in fundraising.

Courses are available in locations across the UK, just select when registering.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This course is designed for fundraisers working in all sized organisations. Previous experience is not necessary, but it is helpful to have some knowledge of general fundraising. By the end of the day you will have gained:

  • how to develop more strategic partnerships with existing and new partners

  • understanding what companies want and how to engage them to deliver greater impact

  • how to communicate the benefits of why they should partner with you

  • how to develop the best strategy and prospect pipeline

  • knowledge of how to make approaches, secure meetings and cultivate relationships to win new partnerships

  • how to win that pitch

  • understanding of how the relationship life-cycle works and the principles of client relationship management

  • how to engage your organisation wider and maximise your time

  • opportunity to meet and hear from national and local corporates who are working with charities

Following on from the course you will be able to walk away with a set of matrices, frameworks and contacts which you can use the next day.

Building long-term sustainable relationships.


Do you want to build long-term sustainable relationships?

This half-day course will provide you with a process that you can use straight away to ensure you build long-term relationships.

You will be provided with a framework to use and a series of questions to keep you focussed on building strong relationships essential for successful fundraising.

Courses are available in locations across the UK, just select when registering.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This course is designed for fundraisers working in all sized organisations. Previous experience is not necessary, but it is helpful to have some knowledge of general fundraising. By the end of the day you will have gained:

  • Matrix to use to map your existing relationships to use on an ongoing basis

  • Relationship life-cycle process and how to move through the life-cycle

  • Model to ensure you ask

  • an understanding of why people give and who you should be approaching;

  • knowledge of the best practice principles;

  • skills to identify a good fundraising strategy;

  • insight into the fundraising planning process and how to measure success;

  • an understanding of the skills and knowledge required for successful fundraising.

Make an impact with all of your audiences.


Do you want to win that pitch or nail that presentation?

Through this one-day course you can master the art of giving an effective presentation and gain the confidence to inspire your audience and make an impact. During the course, you’ll learn how to structure an effective message; use different techniques to deliver your content persuasively; and learn top tips to control your nerves in order to pitch and present confidently. The trainers delivering the course have been presenting and winning pitches for a many years and you will benefit from their insight and individual guidance throughout the day. You will take away key knowledge that you can put into practice immediately, along with a masterclass toolkit to help you craft your future pitches and presentations.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This one-day course is designed for anyone who makes regular presentations or pitches to audiences of any size and wants to improve their content and delivery to make a real impact. By the end of the day you will learn how to;

  • approach your presentation with confidence

  • add impact to your presentation

  • ensure you achieve your objective

  • be able to structure your presentation to convey key information

  • maintain your audience’s undivided attention

  • learn some tips and tricks manage your nerves effectively

  • evaluate your performance