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Workshop 2009 – Patrick Cox

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Patrick Cox was born in Dublin, Ireland. He started out as a development tool maker engineer and has 13 years experience in prototype and development in both the motorcar and consumer goods industries.
Patrick is a relative newcomer to the charity world and founded Male Cancer Awareness Campaign in 2005. The charity is daring and hard-hitting, raising awareness and education of male cancer. The charity was nominated for Britain’s most admired charity in 2007 for innovation. He is still heavily involved as volunteer CEO and is deemed a world testicle running expert.
In late 2007 Patrick founded his second charity, the Small Charities Coalition and is the Chief Executive. He said: “Necessity is the mother of all invention. I founded the Coalition to provide innovative solutions to the direct problems that small charities face”.

Campaigning – a big voice for small charities
3.00pm - Workshop Room Three

Does your organisation struggle to have its say about issues that affect your beneficiaries? Are you thinking about making a difference to the way people think or behave in your local area or across the UK? Take an hour’s tour through the do’s and don’ts of campaigning and set your organisation on the right track to having its voice heard.

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Workshop 2009 – Jerry Fox

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Jerry is a Risk & Insurance Consultant within Zurich Municipal Insurance working solely in the public and third sectors. He has a background in the industry spanning back to 1979 both as a supplier & purchaser in both the public & private arena. As well as managing relationships with local authorities Jerry currently looks after two of the UK’s leading children’s charities, Barnardos & Action For Children. Earlier this year Zurich were awarded a Barnardos “Gold Award” for “Best Support Services”. Jerry has been a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute since 1990.

An Introduction to Strategic Risk Management
Workshop Room One – 3.00pm

Jerry Fox Presentation

Put simply, managing risk means developing a practical plan to identify, deal with and minimise the adverse effects of the unexpected on your organisation, if or when it happens. Managing your risks can help to create a safer and more efficient working environment within your organisation. It will also help you to comply with the law. This session will help you identify risks your organisation is facing and take the important steps forward towards a safer, protected future for your charity.

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Workshop 2009 – Cumberland Ellis

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Michael Sinha
Michael qualified as a lawyer in 1986 and has practised in London since 1988. Michael specialises in all aspects of commercial property with substantial experience of high-end investment property work and landlord and tenant matters in the commercial and retail sectors. He is highly experienced in dealing with the Not for Profit Sector having for many years advised NHS Trusts, housing associations, charitable organisations and religious denominations, as well as government organisations, on the acquisition, disposal and management of their property assets. Michael is a trustee of the FSI.

Martin Ackland
Martin is a solicitor specialising in commercial property. His main practice areas are real estate and trusts including charitable trusts. He has acted for a number of charities and has valuable knowledge of the framework and rules in which they operate. Martin has acted for the St Andrew Holborn Charities, SCOPE, FSID (Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths), the Scout Association and numerous private trusts. He advises these clients in relation to their property interests, governance issues and their business affairs generally.

Rebecca Patrickson
Rebecca is a solicitor in the company commercial department, acting for businesses and charities of all sizes. Rebecca has experience of advising a range of charitable clients on the commercial aspects of their work, including advising on commercial agreements, the constitution of organisations and the formation and registration of charitable entities.

Making sure you know the law and fundraising
1.30pm – Workshop Room Three

Michael Sinha, Martin Ackland and Rebecca Patrickson are solicitors with the London law firm Cumberland Ellis. Their workshop will consider the legal and regulatory framework surrounding fundraising and money laundering. The session will include an outline of the legal duties and responsibilities of charity trustees and practical examples to illustrate the issues involved.
The workshop will consider the need to be vigilant to ensure that your charity is not being used as a front for criminal activity. A summary of anti-money laundering procedures show trustees and charity professionals how to identify potentially suspicious transactions, alongside practical examples of how charities can and have been used to launder “dirty” money.
The session on fundraising will consider the legal framework of the Charities’ Act 2006 and Codes of Practice and will consider the issues relating to raising money from risky pursuits (e.g. parachute jumps), street and door to door collections and running a lottery.

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Workshop 2009 – Rebecca Little Lasbistes

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I help people and organisations to reach their true potential, deliver outstanding performance and maximise sustainable growth.
For me that’s about the triple bottom line of developing people, profit and our planet. I facilitate teams to collaborate, create and innovate and I design and deliver training on socially intelligent leadership. I train teachers to develop the creative abilities of pupils and engage in their learning.

As an NLP Master Coach I provide executive coaching support to individuals and work with teams to accelerate high-performance and fulfilment. This includes developing organisational cultures and strategies that support organisations to grow. I am particularly interested in how diverse groups can work together better to improve outcomes for children, and what this means for us as ethical leaders in a new era.

I hold a 1st class honours degree in French, Psychology and Artificial Intelligence and it’s as a result of my studies that I developed a passion for all things French (which now includes my husband Nicolas!) and a passion for learning about learning. I love discovering more about how our brains work, such as how we are hard-wired for altruism and connecting and empathising with others. I also love to meet new people, so please feel free to contact me: Rebecca@adropintheocean.co.uk

Personal Creativity – Generating fresh Ideas
Workshop Room Two – 1.30pm

Personal Creativity Presentation – Generating Fresh Ideas

Creativity Handouts

In this interactive session we’ll look at ‘What is Creativity?’ and ‘why does it matter?’ Having identified ‘How creative am I?’ we’ll look at ways to develop your personal creativity and a range of ways to generate new exciting ideas. Taking a current challenge you’ll develop new ways to look at the problem and some novel ideas to help you to solve it. You’ll come away from the session with some groundrules for personal creativity and a pocketful of ideas!

Creative Collaboration – Problem-solving for organisations
Workshop Room Two – 3.00pm

Problem Solving for Organisations Presentation

This practical session will get you working with others creatively to develop some innovative solutions to challenges that your organisation might face. Using a simple but powerful technique you will identify the core challenge and work together to create strategies and concepts to take you forwards. We’ll identify ways to gain other’s buy-in to your new thinking and you’ll come away from the session with some groundrules for creative meetings.
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Workshop 2009 – The Gallery Partnership

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Pete VanOlinda
Pete has over 10 years experience in IT/network consultancy and has designed, installed and maintained over 50 networks of various sizes. His focussed experience with charitable organisations has resulted in obtaining a keen awareness of their unique needs and oftentimes challenging budgets. Pete’s philosophy resides in keeping networks simple and working efficiently. He lives in Brighton with his wife and three sons.

Mike Underwood
Mike has over 5 years experience within the IT industry as an Account Manager with The Gallery Partnership. His previous background in advertising and marketing brings a unique emphasis on communication between clients and the technical team. With a thorough understanding of an organisation’s business realities, Mike is always looking for ways to bridge IT systems with an organisation’s business objectives. Mike lives in Surrey with his wife, son and daughter.

IT Tips and Tools for Charities
11.30am – Workshop Room Three

Gallery Partnership presentation

This session is a must for all small charities to get your heads around IT essentials covering:

• Microsoft’s 2008 server software – Can I just ignore it?
• Free stuff for charities – Microsoft software/Cisco Hardware/open sourced
• Protecting your organisation – Anti-Virus/firewall/malware
• Disaster Recovery – Are you prepared with all the right contingency plans?
• How to leverage your outsourced IT company versus in-house and in the cloud.

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Workshop 2009 – Graham Precey

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Since December 2007, Graham has been the CSR Manager for Legal & General Group. His previous 7 years in Legal & General’s Wealth Division were spent as Head of Operations for Banks and Building Societies and Investment Operations. Prior to this Graham worked for Hewlett Packard in the US and Asia.
A corporate view of the world is balanced with Graham’s involvement as Head of the Trustees for the charity Sail 4 Cancer, whose role is to provide people affected by cancer with respite by simply getting out on the water with their families whether that be for a days sailing, a week on holiday on a cruise or a sailing expedition.
Graham’s first dip into what has now evolved into a career in CSR was sitting outside a local supermarket aged 8 with his Dad selling Bricks for £1 to help build a local community swimming pool in what is believed to be the first ever “Buy a Brick” campaign.
More Details of Legal & General’s CSR programme can be found at www.legalandgeneralgroup.comcsr. More details of Sail 4 Cancer’s activities can be found at www.sail4cancer.org

Finding the Value of your Intellectual Property
11.30am – Workshop Room Two

As charities, we often undervalue our knowledge and services to donors, failing to shout loudly or effectively enough about our brilliant services and impact. What we are even worse at is recognising the value of our knowledge and services to the business sector – our Intellectual Property. This session will introduce this ground breaking thinking, challenge your perception of corporate relationships with charities and get you thinking about how you can package up your IP to boost income and opportunities to your charity and improve performance and behaviour in companies. A win win session for the entrepreneurial thinker.

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Workshop 2009 – Moi Ali

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Moi Ali has been a successful freelance PR consultant for the last 16 years, trading under the name The Pink Anglia Public Relations Company. Specialising in public relations, communications and marketing services for voluntary organisations, charities, healthcare organisations and the public sector, she has over 25 years’ experience in the business.
Moi is also an author and her books include works on PR and on marketing for Dorling Kindersley’s best-selling Essential Manager series, as well as a number of books aimed at the voluntary sector and small businesses.
Before becoming freelance, Moi held a number of in-house communications roles with a High Street bank, a third world charity and a government agency, where she was involved with media relations, internal communications, campaigning and public affairs.
In her spare time Moi is a trustee of a healthcare charity and has held a number of non-executive roles, including Vice President of the world’s largest healthcare regulator and Board member of a non-departmental public body and a health authority.

Enhancing your Charity’s Reputation using Public Relations and Marketing
11.30am, 1.30pm (Repeat) – Workshop Room One

Moi Ali Presentation

This workshop is a beginner’s introduction to PR and marketing, and will show how you can use PR and marketing techniques in a cost-effective way to enhance the reputation of your charity, improve your services and promote your work. You will leave the session with a simple matrix that will help you to undertake an image audit of your charity and draw up an action plan that will enable you to promote a more positive image.

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Workshop 2009 – Kim van Niekerk

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Kim has worked for two of the UK’s largest charities and delivered over £16 million in her short time as a fundraiser. She is now passionate about sharing that experience and new knowledge through the FSI, training and mentoring over 200 fundraisers annually.

Writing a Fundraising Plan
10.00am – Workshop Room One

Do you know that fundraising is important, but not sure where your income is going to come from, how much time you and your staff should be spending fundraising or how to plan ahead? Join this session to equip yourself with an easy to complete fundraising plan and start finding out what the reality of fundraising looks like for your organisation.

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Workshop 2009 – Tom Fitch

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Tom Fitch is the CEO of CASH one of Britain’s largest Community Accountancy Charities. They teach small charities how to write budgets, set up bookkeeping systems and manage the finances. Tom has been at CASH for 18 years, prior to that he worked for the Greater London Enterprise Board where he provided finance to social enterprises. He has a Management Science degree from Warwick University. Tom is a treasurer and trustee for three charities and has worked in the voluntary sector for over 30 years.

Financial management for small charities during the recession.
10.00am – Workshop Room Two

Charities spend other people’s money and are unlikely to be funded in the long term if they cannot show that they have been responsible stewards of the money entrusted to them. Would you be happy to give money to a charity that lost it?
This informative talk will cover: setting up good systems for new charities, budgets, cash flow, bookkeeping, computerised accounts, financial controls, tax, gift aid, financial reports for trustees, proving that grants have been earned, full cost recovery and accounts for the Charity Commission.
Tom Fitch will then go to discuss the key financial strengths that small charities will need to survive the recession. These include having several funding streams, good controls to reduce the risk of fraud, and regular financial reports for trustees. We will then look at the threats and opportunities that the recession may provide for small charities. This should be a very valuable hour.

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Workshop 2009 – John Nuttall

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John holds an MBA from Cranfield and has been a volunteer with the Cranfield Trust since then. He recently worked with the management team and trustees of the Travel Foundation to develop their business plan. He has 20 years experience as a business adviser working with boards and executive teams to develop visions and implement strategy, and to help organisations change and improve their business performance. More recently he has specialised in the realisation of value from transactions, mergers and acquisitions and in addressing issues relating to governance and risk management. He is non-executive Chairman of the Copyright Licensing Agency , a leader in collective rights management, distributing over £50 million per annum to rightsholders; authors, publishers and artists. Until recently he was Chairman of the Ski Club of Great Britain. John is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Director and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Writing a Business Plan
10.00am – Workshop Room Three

Writing a Business Plan Presentation

Having a business plan is even more important in our increasingly chaotic world – organisations with a strong sense of purpose and the ability to plan a way through the complexity are best positioned to adapt to the rapid changes we are all experiencing. John Nuttall, a volunteer consultant with The Cranfield Trust, will lead a workshop to help us to fulfil this need, tell the story, plan the way and create a meaningful business plan. The process can offer as many benefits as the plan itself; bringing together your board and team to focus on how to crystallise your organisation’s strategy, understand your costs, and explore different ways of making it work. Make sure your business plan is a tool to help you and your colleagues make your venture a success as well as telling a compelling story that communicates your purpose to your customers and supporters.

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