ben rymer iof insight presentation march 2013
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My presentation to the Institute of Fundraising Insight Influencing Strategy conference in March 2013TRANSCRIPT
Raising the researcher's profile by sharing knowledge and success
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• Billions of pounds of income in the Fundraising sector is predicated on the ability of fundraisers to build relationships
• Relationship building is central to increasing your visibility and voice in your organisation Fundraisers do this as a matter of course in their work, you should too
• Taking this aspect of your work will pay dividends
• Approaching prospect research and insight as primarily knowledge management functions is an important step in building visibility and raising research’s profile
• Who here has objectives or KPI's around building internal relationships?
• Reasons for and against doing this (on the poll)
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• A more active, integrated approach
• Broader emphasis, allows focus on using knowledge as well as obtaining it
• Loud and proud! Make sure your work is useful and used
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• Inductions and demos
• Screen early and often
• VIP's
• Acquisition activities
• Business planning and ROI
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• Networking and suppliers (for new tools)
• Reports and dashboards
• Lifelong learning and building your skills base
• Prospect management meetings
• I initiated and help to run the Later Life Champions mid-value programme
• The programme works in conjunction with IM • We have regular cross-team meetings to plan
for this programme• Organised regular, more general catch ups to
share knowledge
• Worked with regional legacy officer to identify opportunities in streaming prospects through to local colleagues to follow up with high-value legacy prospects in person, and used the mid-value programme
• Also used wealth screening information to raise research’s profile
• Corporate prospect management meetings• Business news often relevant • Also arranging trainings on web searches and
other research tools• Corporate prospects for events selections• Corporate team also to use our RE protocols• Invited them to supplier demos
• Prompt list for the Chairman helped showcase research
• Also crafting lists of suggested invitees for the CEO, Chairman, Trustees and Directors has helped visibility
• Network mapping can also be worthwhile, several tools allow you to do this
• We worked closely on creating RE protocols
• When working on protocols we always tried to see issues from their side, the many demands being made of the database
• Depends on structure of your department
• Researcher turned fundraiser!• Identified the opportunity, created meeting
opportunity and co-ordinated with relevant colleagues in Services
• This has just been down to my willingness to be entrepreneurial and create an opportunity where none existed
• Introduced me to new networks, raising profile
• Industry group: RiF, SIG's, First Thursday events
• Other industry groups like the Fundraiser’s Research Group
• Social media can help, ie Twitter and LinkedIn, or blogs
• Visit other organisations, invite others to you
• Knowledge management is a powerful way to approach your role
• Building on the traditional research skills and being an effective advocate of the this work is central to raising your profile and visibility.
• A strong focus on implementation, concentrating on quick wins and identifying big, fixable problems can all bring impact to your role, even in the early stages of a role
• Attitude is key in taking advantage or opportunities
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