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Hi LinkedIn Network, I've recently joined a wonderful, local charity called The Garwood Foundation as a Trustee. 🏊♀️ In the run-up to launching an appeal - they need a new hydrotherapy pool - I'd love to hear from anyone who has set up an appeal before to help me better understand any tried and tested structures and formulas. 🆘 I'll be setting up an appeal committee and I'd like to hear from anyone who has any suggestions that can help me and the charity to succeed in their appeal. For example, how did you plan? Where did you start? What did you include? How did you prioritise? What were your main learnings post-appeal? What was your winning formula? All and any ideas and suggestions welcome!! TIA 🙏 #charity #charityappeal #charityadvice #trustee

Helen Christopher FCA has summed it up brilliantly here, forming your network is invaluable in business. This meeting of minds saw a variety of businesses coming together to help eat Helen out of house & home. So much experience in the room & a huge learning opportunity. Business owners becoming friends. Women supporting women. As it should be. #networking #womeninbusiness #womensupportingwomen

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Jingle Jam is now fully registered with social impact platform Benevity! If you are employed by one of the 900+ leading brands that use Benevity, you may be able to support Jingle Jam through your Benevity account - potentially even by having your employer match what you donate personally. Simply head into your Benevity account to see what’s possible for you, or check out this explainer - don't miss out on doubling your impact if you're able! 👉 https://bit.ly/jjbenevity #giving #matchfunding #charity

For those of you who followed along my first [behavioural] Comrades journey which I promised I would never do again ... Well, we're back! This time it's a down run and this time I'm running for a reason: SANParks Honorary Rangers 🦁🧡 Check it out here: bit.ly/MyComradesCause See if you can spot these behavioural charity nudges: 1. A very specific donation target – known as a nudgey number – which is more transparent and trustworthy. All proceeds go to my Comrades cause. 2. Storytelling elements which are far more engaging than facts and figures. You now all know my top holiday destination. 3. Some rhyme-as-reason effect; when something rhymes it's more believable and memorable. No donation amount is too small.

Last month during the B Corp Month campaign, our Health, Wellness, and Happiness team arranged a B Corp Month Bingo. Being a B Corp is not only about business but also about our people and the small things in our daily lives.   The mission was simple: everyone takes up one task, and we complete the bingo as a team. Of course, it is encouraged to try all of them. With every bingo line achieved, we will donate 25 euros to a charity we choose. (Spoiler alert: we donated 300 euros to the World Food Program)   Look how colorful it turned out! 🎨   Note to self: Don’t make it too simple, no matter how much you want your company to donate to a charitable cause.  

Thank goodness for Motion Array. I use their Adobe Premiere and After Effects motion graphics templates for almost all of the corporate videos I create at Spread the Word Nevada. Here's a highlights video (featuring a decked-out Christmas-themed photo slideshow) of our participation in The Giving Machine during the 2023 holiday season. #Adobe #PremierePro #AfterEffects #MotionGraphics #VideoMarketing

I am delighted to share that CooperVision and CooperVoice – Employee Forum have completed a two-year partnership and fundraising effort for Southampton Hospitals Charity – Southampton Children Hospital. With ALL our colleagues' generous support from Delta Park, MountPark, and Brunel Way, we raised an impressive £30,000 throughout many the series of events.   The team's dedication to making a difference in the lives of children and their families was recently celebrated in a discreet manner. Representatives from CooperVoice and the Distribution & Packaging Senior Managers Andrew Hinton and Gary Lonsdale presented the cheque to Beth Head of Charity Operations.   This success is a testament to the power of collective action to create positive change and inspire others to join in the spirit of giving. I am proud to be a part of this community of caring individuals who strive to make a difference in the world. Thank you all for the support and let's continue to work together towards achieving a positive outcome in our communities.   #CooperVision #CooperVoice #OneCooper #SouthamptonHospitalsCharity #Fundraising #PositiveChange #Community #MakingADifference #SouthamptonChildrensHospital

How'd I do? My answer: Great question! I would suggest a handful of these strategies. My friend Mike from Scranton told me about this. First, plan for a big birthday party celebration that very day. It doesn't matter if it's not anyone's birthday...just choose the person who is coming up next, even if it's a month away. Next, really focus on what you want to say in the birthday card. It should be the BEST comment on the card. Nothing mushy - just a straight zinger that gets everyone laughing. Also, make sure you put up a big donation to one of your staff's chosen charities. Something that even you think you can't afford. And most importantly, make sure everyone knows it. If you follow through with the above tactics - you will certainly have success! Like

How do you make a segment of your supporters feel special? With several of our charity clients recently, we’ve been seeing the benefits of starting up a ‘new thing’ for supporters to belong to. If you want to increase people’s investment in your cause, enrolling them in a special club or community is a no-brainer. This works particularly well for regular givers. 🌟 Give them a name (For instance, CAP calls them ‘Life Changers’). 🌟 Send them something exclusive - regularly. Perhaps in return for their monthly donation, they receive a monthly impact story that you don’t share with those outside the club? 🌟 Why not also phone one regular giver for a quick chat once a week to show your interest in them? And keep sending those hand-written Christmas cards too. 🌟 Could you put on a meet-up or special event just for them? This is more than just retention, it’s inviting them into the inner circle and increasing their knowledge of and enthusiasm for what you do. What do you think? Do you do something like this for your supporters?