This blog was written by Charity Digital Skills report co-authors Zoe Amar and Nissa Ramsay. How has the way your charity uses technology changed over the last year? Some of the changes might be obvious: you may be working on ‘big bet’ projects such as a new website...
Working in digital and AI is an exciting place to be. There are new tech developments happening at an incredible pace, opening up new ways for the charity and social good sector to increase impact. We know this is the start of much more innovation and change that is...
Good digital talent has always been challenging to recruit for irrespective of the sector. Yet with the demands currently being placed on charities attracting the right talent is more important than ever. What is just as important is securing the right candidate who...
Charity Digital Skills Report 2024 Partner, Pixeled Eggs’ Sepas Seraj provides his expertise and reflections on best practices to boost donations through charity websites, from considerations in positioning your cause to practical advice on website donation journeys.
Are charities making digital progress and what is holding them back in 2024? So far, we’ve had over 300 responses to the survey for the 2024 Charity Digital Skills Report. We took a sneak peak at the data. We were delighted by the honesty and were surprised by the...
In our latest post, we chat to Emma Novis and Tillie Corlett from CharityComms about the AI hub, a fantastic resource to help charity communications teams navigate the dynamic world of artificial intelligence.
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 2024 Charity Digital Skills Report. We also outline our language, terms and approach to identifying specific groups and...
This International Women's Day I'm feeling the same feelings that I have every year. I'm here to celebrate the extraordinary women I'm lucky enough to work with on my team and across the sector. And I'm also feeling frustrated. Why? Each year International Women's Day...
In this interview, we chat to Alex Plumb, Head of Research at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), an organisation bringing charities, business, and philanthropists together to simplify giving. We discuss the key findings of CAF’s research on the impact of AI in the sector, what they discovered about how people view the opportunities and risks, and what steps charity leaders need to take next.
We speak to Betty-Sue Smith, Digital Manager of Q, which is part of The Health Foundation. Q is a community of thousands of people working together to improve health and care across the UK. We discuss how Q’s digital procurement process reinforced why they need to put user needs and inclusion front and centre.