After 25 years of working, Joe Saxton looks back at his career and shares some advice on survival in work and people management. There are some top tips, entertaining anecdotes and interesting analogies in a piece that is as useful to people starting out in their career as it is to those who have seen it all.
Segmenting your key audiences enables you to reach the right people with the right messages – the ones that will inspire people to make a difference will help you to grow your organisation and meet your objectives.
Segmenting your key audiences enables you to reach the right people with the right messages – the ones that will inspire people to make a difference will help you to grow your organisation and meet your objectives.
CampaigningCampaigning is always a hot topic for charities - how much is too much? At what point does being seen as political start to put off existing and potential donors?
Charity chief executives have recently found themselves under the spotlight in one area more than any other; their salaries. Plenty has been said about the public objecting to anyone at a charity earning over £100k a year, but we have been looking at how we got to this stage.
nfpSynergy data looks at five years of CEO salaries in the UK's 50 best-known charitiesCharity chief executives have recently found themselves under the spotlight in one area more than any other; their salaries. Plenty has been said about the public objecting to anyone at a charity earning over £100k a year, but we have been looking at how we got to this stage.
Thank you to everyone who attended our Insights event. If you couldn't make it, thank you for your interest in the event and we hope to see you next time.
This week we have a guest blogger for you. Kristy Howes from Alzheimer's Society talks about the effect of dementia on society and the' forgotten million'.
As part of Trustees Week, we have two blogs on whether or not trustees should be paid. Both are written by actual trustees and both have completely opposing points of view.
Charities, voluntary and community groups, faith based organisations, and social enterprises, together, represent the substantial and diverse social sector.
Our recent research showed that volunteering among young people (16-24) has doubled over the last decade. In 2003, around 14% of young people had volunteered in the last 3 months and by 2013 this figured has reached 32% in our polling.
As a fresh graduate with a Master of Arts in Social Research, I face a similar predicament to other graduates in this tough economic climate; no experience=no job. Having no experience in the research field makes it difficult to get a job and in particular in the sector that I am most passionate about, namely the third sector.
When it comes to sharing the results of our research at nfpSynergy with the wider sector, we know that there is one topic that will always attract attention; trust. It’s easy to see why this matters so much for the charitable sector.
World Mental Health Day was on the 10th of October, so here is a topical tour of the way mental health charities are tackling stigma and battling some misleading media stories.
