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The top 30 charity #socialceos 2014 – revealed!
They are finally here! I am so excited to share this year’s top 30 charity CEOs on social media with you. We announced the winners at our awards event last night hosted by Girlguiding. A big thank you to them for hosting us, as well as Grant Thornton, who the awards...
Can we talk about transparency?
In the wake of Dispatches, #knitgate and Panorama I recently blogged about how the sector has entered a new era of transparency for Just Giving. So it was very timely to see ActionAid UK’s new crowdsourced report on transparency and to read what Judith Davey, their...
The 2014 Charity #SocialCEOs Awards are coming!
Huge thanks to everyone who nominated CEOs earlier this summer. We’ve been spoilt for choice with 100 amazing entries. Here’s a quick update on next steps and sponsors. What happens next? This year’s top 30 will be announced at a special event on Thursday 6...
6 tips to beat the holiday email blues
This is a guest blog from Dr Monica Seeley, founder of Mesmo Consultancy and an international expert on best email practice. Monica has written several books and many articles on email use. Her latest book is ‘Brilliant Email’. August time always sparks the age old...
How to break the rules in charities -and make things happen
This is a guest blog from Sarah Sinnott of Catch22. Sarah builds partnerships to create social impact at Catch22 – a social business that has been thinking differently about delivering services to vulnerable people for over 200 years. Innovation is no longer a nice...
5 questions every charity should ask about their future
Last week I ran a workshop for a small charity. They had bucked the trend during the last few years, growing despite the cuts. The mood in the room was confident, (but not complacent), ebullient and hungry. They’re not unusual. The sector seems to be on the up....
Charity Innovation Report 2014
You might remember that earlier this year Lucy Gower and I launched the Charity Innovation Survey, which aimed to measure where charities are currently at with innovation. We’ve pulled together the resulting stats along with case studies of some amazing innovative...
Who do you think is a great charity social CEO?
Hurray! I’m excited to say that the Top 30 Charity CEOs on Social Media Awards is back for 2014. Here’s my blog about it on The Guardian Voluntary Sector Network. As you may know, Matt Collins and I co-founded the awards last year, and the top 30 in 2013 included some...
Charity Comms’ book on communications strategies
You might have heard that Charity Comms have just published a book on charity communications strategies. It’s a super useful end to end guide to planning, creating and implementing your communications. I’d recommend it to anyone working in this field....
Could innovation transform the charity sector?
If your organisation is talking about innovation right now, or has ‘innovative’ as one of its brand values, then you’re not alone. But what is innovation? Is it just a highfalutin concept? Is it confined to product development? Is it only possible on a big budget? And...
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.
Inclusion Resources
Inclusion is a key part of every digital project we work on. Our resources will get you thinking about how to take an inclusive approach to digital.
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Resources
Our team is already advising charities about why, and how, to use AI, tapping into the potential of the opportunities it brings to create efficiencies and better achieve your vision and mission. We’ve created resources to help you understand the possibilities, and what your next steps should be.
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