NORTH WEST ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009
The North West Regional Committee of the Institute of Fundraising are delighted to announce the 2009 North West Annual Conference. This year's full two-day residential package offers plenary sessions, a host of exciting workshops to choose from together with the opportunity to relax and network, with coffee and lunch breaks hosted by sponsors who include Harlequin Software, J S Dutton, Skyline Events, Bruce Tait Associates, Justgiving.com and Majestic Publications .
The conference also includes the Annual Dinner with this years being "A Touch of Red"! Not forgetting the evening entertainment from "Trevor T". An event not to be missed.
Plenaries & Workshops for 2009 include:
- Green Shoots – The Challenges Ahead’ with Panikos Efthimiou of CAF
- Why you need to be a Communication Jedi – if you want to be more successful – Cath Daley of The Successful Business
- Press nightmare’s and how to deal with them – Dave Upton of Lancashire Evening Post
- Don’t be a twit use Twitter to increase awareness of your events – Jonathan Waddingham of Justgiving.com and Catherine Williams of St Ann’s Hospice
- Building a list of great donors and getting them to give again (and again!) – Stephen Pidgeon of Tangible Response
- Raising Big Gifts with a Small Team – Catherine Longley of Hollybank Trust
- VAT & Fundraising Activities – Peter Buck of TLL Accountants
- Gift Aid – Mark Toner of HM Revenue & Customs
- Fundraising Strategy from Scratch – Bruce Tait of Bruce Tait Associates
- How to “pitch” to Companies – Rachel Jones of Barnardo’s
- Writing stuff that REALLY moves people (even including unpopular causes) – Stephen Pidgeon of Tangible Response
- North West Fundraising Salary Survey Results – Bruce Tait & Angie Kay of Bruce Tait Associates
- Charity Accounts – how best to allocate those costs ! – Peter Buck of TLL Accountants
- Tweaking your Fundraising Strategy in the credit crunch – Bruce Tait of Bruce Tait Associates
- Donor Retention – how to use your database to your best advantage – Sarah Jones of St Kentigren’s Hospice and Tom Ellis of Harlequin Software
- Working with Corporate Volunteers – Ellie Hudson of Barnardo’s
- Creating a Formula for Interview Success – Eilish McDowell of Bruce Tait Associates
- Professional Development within Fundraising – Paul Marvell of Institute of Fundraising
- Making the most of your case studies – Clair Bedford of Visual Media
- Events are a risky business – Caroline Siddall of Nightingale House Hospice and Jenny Haskey of The Christie
- How to network a room and put it into practice – Sue Tonks
Venue: Netherwood Hotel, Grange over Sands, Cumbria
Cost: Members £250 and Non-Members £310 and Day Delegate Rates from £70.
For a full programme see the link below
Email Irene Chambers for a Booking Form or follow the link below
