Digging much deeper into trusts research

This talk will break down the skills and techniques we actually need for good research, focusing on those issues that perhaps are most overlooked.

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Talk Details

Research might be the worst discussed issue in trust fundraising. Accurate, deep understanding is central to getting our key targets to choose us, but difficult because trusts don’t necessarily communicate what they’re really doing. However, we can largely just assume we know how to research. If we do so, it is very easy to miss the key details.

This talk will break down the skills and techniques we actually need for good research, focusing on those issues that perhaps are most overlooked.

Key learnings from this session:

Increased ambition to understand the trusts who are key to you
More advanced skills, going far beyond reading the published materials, when the value of the opportunity is much higher
A range of skills for using the telephone

Speakers

Jonathan Ashton

Freelance Consultant

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