Welcome to the Career Development Collection

Learn how to manage your energy, set sustainable intentions, and own your worth in 2024 with practical strategies for achieving success without burnout.

Working with a disability/chronic illness can be very challenging. In this session Emma will talk about how she maintains a successful career in fundraising and volunteering whilst managing her 3 chronic health conditions.

For this session, Sarah, Judith and Matt bring together not just their experience as coaches and trainers, but collectively over 50 years’ working in and for the charity sector across fundraising, communications and marketing.

I didn’t really know what it meant to be a leader until I started learning samba. I’m going to talk about how important it is to find joy/passion outside of work and how it can help you become a better leader.

Are you ready to step up into a Senior Leadership role? Are you thinking ‘Am I ready for it’? Do you want to be the next Head of or Director in your organisation?
I will be sharing my insight, learnings and tips from my first year as a Director of Fundraising and Communications.

This is a Q&A addressing the challenges facing a new IG fundraiser and how to become confident in the role. Learn how to smash your targets, build relationships and make the role your own.

A chinwag over a cuppa with two new mums (both experienced corporate bods) discussing motherhood and corporate partnerships, the parallels between the two and learnings so far. Can you balance a charity career and motherhood?

This session we will be joined by Legacy Futures Leader Award Winners 2022 Abbie Barton and Nikita Gandhi. Abbie and Nikita will be sharing their own personal experiences of how they started their career in legacies, how they developed legacy giving within both small and large scale charities and how they managed legacies alongside other important income streams. They will also be sharing their top tips for a successful career in legacies!

 Hear how Anaish’s experience is helping him navigate his new role of Head of Legacies at the British Red Cross.

In this session from our Over to You conference, Joel discusses the Level 3 Fundraiser apprenticeship, which he feels is the sector’s best kept training and development secret!

In this session, Dion Johnson, a Strategic Ally to CEO’s Directors & Heads, shares 3 specific shifts that every contemporary leader needs to make if they want to stay effective and impactful in their roles at such a time as this.

In this session, Leadership Development Coach (and former self-confessed accidental fundraiser) Ceri Sunu will teach you how to use the fundamentals of coaching in everyday conversations.

In this session, Jane runs through 8 tips to consider when you’re thinking about moving up within your organisation or if you’re looking for a new role altogether.

Key takeaways include crafting a lean brief, fostering collaboration, and committing to continuous learning—ensuring your fundraising strategies remain dynamic and effective.

Join me as I share my fundraising origin story with you – the story about the making of a Black woman activist fundraiser.

Join my session to get tips on how to authentically build your village of mentors.