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Welcome to our blog! Find out how charity leaders are leading digital change and get all the latest resources and advice from the Zoe Amar Digital team.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the 2023 Charity Digital Skills Report
This is a guest blog written by Eshe Kiama Zuri and Nissa Ramsay. In this post we explain our focus on diversity, equality and inclusion in the 2023 Charity Digital Skills Report. We also outline our language, terms and approach to identifying specific groups and...
What the Gary Lineker story means for social media guidelines
The BBC is planning to review its social media guidelines after Gary Lineker was reinstated as Match of the Day presenter following his tweets about asylum policy. Social media is on a lot of charities' minds following the draft social media guidance issued by the...
5 things men can do for International Women’s Day
I'm writing this on International Women's Day whilst sitting with a mixed bag of feelings. On the one hand, I have always loved this annual celebration of women, because it's an opportunity to celebrate the amazing women I work with, amongst my team, and across the...
Digital inclusion: the ongoing impact of COVID and the cost of living crisis
As part of our interview series with digital charity leaders, we talk to David Scurr, Programme & Partnerships Lead at CAST. David shares his insights on the impact of the COVID pandemic and the cost of living crisis on charities and digital. What can charities do to tackle digital inclusion both for their employees and service users?
7 inclusion resources for 2023
Inclusion is a hugely important topic in all organisations at the moment. We’ve rounded up the latest resources we’ve come across on this topic, covering everything from healing from racial trauma to resources to guide your practice and podcasts which explore...
Our response to the Charity Commission’s social media guidance
We analyse what the Charity Commission’s social media guidance means for charities.
What ‘where are you really from?’ really means
Zoe Amar explores the impact of racism at events.
What does good digital governance look like?
Whenever I talk to charities about digital it’s only a matter of time before someone mentions trustees. This #TrusteesWeek I’ve been mulling over how we can make our governance more effective after the increased digital adoption during the pandemic.
What we’re reading this autumn
We round up the books we’ve loved reading over the summer, covering topics from a real life Marvel superhero on the experience of being mixed race to how trauma can create the leaders of tomorrow, and why women are still taken less seriously than men.
Working towards a digitally confident Scottish voluntary sector
As part of our interview series with digital charity leaders, we talk to John Fitzgerald, Digital Evolution Manager at The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). We hear how SCVO’s latest Call to Action report has highlighted the huge digital changes brought about by the pandemic and what Scotland’s voluntary sector needs to be doing to keep progressing with digital.
New online resources
Digital Strategy Resources
Digital strategy is one of our core services. We have worked with hundreds of charity and public sector organisations we’ve developed these resources to help you.
Digital Leadership Resources
These guides will help you develop your leadership skills, whatever stage you are at.
Digital Fundraising Resources
We’ve helped many charities with digital fundraising and have put together these free online resources.
Digital Governance Resources
These resources are designed to help trustees and senior leadership teams make informed decisions about digital, assess risk and to plan strategically.
Digital Skills Resources
These guides will help your charity assess and grow its digital skills, plan for organisational change and create the right culture for digital.
Coronavirus: Digital Resources
COVID-19 poses a huge challenge. We are working hard to help the sector through the pandemic and have developed these resources to help.
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