Free Seminar from Charity People – Stepping up to Your First Head of Fundraising Role. – Date changed due to Tube strike

***The date of this event has now changed due to the planned London Tube Strike on Wednesday 7th May. The event will now take place on Tuesday 3rd June.***

Free Seminar from Charity People – Stepping up to Your First Head of Fundraising Role.

On Wednesday 7th May Charity People is running a free event for people looking to move to a Head of Fundraising role. It’s relevant for people who are new to a Head of Fundraising role or who are aiming to become a Head of Fundraising soon. If you’re interested in attending please see the details below and reserve your place via the event page.

Stepping up – Your First Head of Fundraising role

Guest speaker – Kim Van Nierkerk Tuesday 3rd June 2014, 6.00-8.00pm Central London

Taking on your first ‘Head Of Fundraising’ role can be an exciting, challenging and daunting time. We regularly hear from candidates wanting to know how to secure their first Head of Fundraising role and adapt their skills and management style to their new position.

On Tuesday 3rd June you’re invited to join us for a free, short session in which we will offer advice, insight and encouragement for managers wishing to step up into their first a ‘Head of Fundraising’ role. The session will cover the following areas:

• Gaining confidence as a leader rather than a manager
• Becoming a generalist who managers specialists – adding value when your direct report knows more about their specialism than you do
• Overseeing different specialisms – getting up to speed, measuring success, identifying indicators of poor performance and excellence
• Investment – deciding where to make it across different fundraising techniques
• Innovation – understanding when and how to introduce it
• Managing fundraising expectations with boards

Timetable for the evening

6.00pm –Registration, welcome and refreshments
6.30pm-7.30pm – talk from our guest speaker Kim van Nierkerk, plus time for questions
7.30pm – 8.00pm – opportunity for networking

Our guest speaker Kim van Nierkerk has worked in the charity sector for over ten years, as a fundraiser in the largest and smallest organisations. She is a regular speaker at international fundraising conferences and an approved trainer of the Institute of Fundraising’s Diploma in Fundraising. Kim is also a Trustee of Sail 4 Cancer, founder of Profit with Purpose Fellows Network at the Royal Society of Arts. She also runs The Coffee House, which helps great social projects get off the ground and injects a new lease of life into non-profits by improving their fundraising and business strategy.

The event will be hosted by Carla Miller, Managing Director at Charity People, where she also recruits senior fundraisers. Carla has worked in the charity sector as a fundraiser since 1998 and has held Fundraising & Marketing Director roles at a number of national charities. Carla is also a qualified career coach and specialises in coaching people who want to work in roles that make a difference.

This event marks the launch of a new series of events from Charity People designed for professionals in the charity sector seeking inspiration, advice, insight and networking opportunities. Charity People works collaboratively, and with integrity, to match talented people to rewarding and much needed positions in the sector.

Reserve tickets

You can reserve your place (which is free!) at this event here. Places are limited so please RSVP soon.

We hope to see you there!