developing your fundraising mix presentation
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A presentation on Developing you Fundraising Mix delivered by Jenny Irvine at NICVA's member event on 7 October 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Developing your fundraising mix
Jenny Irvine
7TH October 2014
Pride before the…
Adaptable to change..
Irvinestown Trustee
Enterprise Company Ltd
1992
Irvinestown Community Partnership
ARC LTD 2000
Irvinestown Fairs and Market
Trustees1908
Why it worked in Irvinestown.. (under the microscope)
Shared leadership commitment Learning from Mistakes Business-like approach Knowledge of and the development of
flexible, creative responses to address need
Cooperation - Building reciprocity in relationships and partnership of common interest
Luck
Share the learning or Re-invent wheels?
Create a safe(er) structure
Reduce personal Liability
Plan your Journey
Alice – Which way should I go
Cat – That depends where you’re going
Alice – I don’t know where I’m going
Cat – Then it doesn’t matter which way you go
Alice Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll 1872
Collective wisdom..
Harness intelligence
Cash-flow
Vanity v’s sanity..
Store your Barley!
Seven years of plenty, seven years of famine..
The myths and realities of diversification..
Fast & Easy – its not!
Irvinestown Creating Economic, Environmental & Social Capital
Human capital – Skill mix, staff & volunteers Physical capital –
Over 50,000 sq ft of workspace
22 businesses operating from ITEC managed space
Over 200 Jobs created Financial capital
Significant income across companies
Reinvestment of revenue into social development projects
Organisational capital
Corporate Governance - controls assurance, strategic, compliance, financial accountability
Community Capital – Quality intervention
Route map to success……….
Consider all options
Ask the audience
Phone a friend – External relationships
Go 50 – 50,not many eggs, not many baskets (but more than 1)
Have confidence in your final answer
Go for broke!
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." --- George Burns