How small charities can get the most out of digital Tereza Litsa
Digital is no longer optional. You don’t necessarily need a big team to make the most out of digital channels. This session will help you with practical tips to improve your small charity’s digital presence.

• How to start from what you have
• How to test and learn with digital experiences
• Tools to be more efficient with your time
• How to cultivate a digital mindset
• The importance of measuring your success

Launching your first fundraising product: limited resource, big impact! Jess Miller
Since the pandemic charities have changed the way we fundraise and connect with supporters. At The Bike Project, agile planning allowed them not only to survive but thrive. With digital at the heart of their organisation, Jess will talk about how they brought to life a bespoke digital fundraising challenge, Refugee Routes (https://refugee-routes.thebikeproject.co.uk/), to continue bringing in revenue, cement deeper engagement of the cause with supporters and set the future for how fundraising may look for the charity.

Jess will share her experience of launching Refugee Routes showing how integral being agile, storytelling through stewardship and utilising tech was to the success of the campaign.

Top tips for sole fundraisers Mandi Hine
This talk will run through what it’s like from a professional filmmakers perspective to work with charities, so not only are you better prepared when you do work with a production company, but you’ll also have more knowledge to film more content yourselves. We’ll talk through the initial stages, what you should be asking and what ideas you can bring, to the production side of a filming day, and then talk about what you can do without a production company to keep content going for your supporters.

Filming on A Budget – what can you do yourself? Stephen Noble
This talk will run through what it’s like from a professional filmmakers perspective to work with charities, so not only are you better prepared when you do work with a production company, but you’ll also have more knowledge to film more content yourselves. We’ll talk through the initial stages, what you should be asking and what ideas you can bring, to the production side of a filming day, and then talk about what you can do without a production company to keep content going for your supporters.

Leading transformational change Shivonne Graham
With over a decade’s experience of leading small charities, including through a global pandemic, there isn’t much that Shivonne hasn’t seen, done, failed at, learned from and then succeeded in ways that were better than she ever imagined! Shivonne will share her experience and lessons learnt for transformational change and long-term success in your organisation. And why she firmly believes that small and mighty organisations hold the keys to the greatest impact and change.

Effective Online Communication: how to create content that cuts through the noise Alex Fearon
The internet is a busy place, so how do you make sure that every piece of comms you put out into the world works its hardest for your cause?

In this session, Alex shares her top tips to help you and your organisation effectively communicate online as well as which online marketing “should”s you can throw in the bin.

Volunteer Management in 2021 Laura Lowther
Investment in volunteering can be a squeezed resource in charities of all sizes – whether you have 5 volunteers, 50 or 500, these tips will help move your organisation forward.

• Maximise your time and resources around volunteering
• Embrace innovation and possibilities
• Focus on your unique offer as a volunteering organisation

How to elevate your virtual fundraising event Lauren Levy & Katherine Micahels

Using digital to further your charity’s core purpose Kiz Crosbie
Hear how Mortal Fools revisited their charitable purpose at the start of the pandemic and used it to successfully pivot their operations into fully digital operations and then into a hybrid model. They will share:

• what they’ve learned
• what digital arts and events have enabled
• work with new audiences, partners and networks
• how they’ve talked about this to funders
• how all of this has supported the charity to double in size in the last 16 months.

Topics include:

• Maximising resources
• Digital
• Applying for and aceing your Radio 4 appeal
• Effective communications (online and offline)
• Data for small charities
• Virtual vs hybrid vs in-person
• Prioritising as a solo fundraiser
• Managing volunteers

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