Don't wait until the last minute to start thinking about the new year and how upcoming changes might affect you, your organisation and the sector as a whole. Nobody has all the answers yet but rather than worrying alone, let's start addressing our shared concerns together. With new changes come new opportunities, so there's no better time than the present to get your head around potential issues, fresh ideas 💡and innovative solutions. We're stronger together!

🗓When: Wednesday, 18th September, 12-2PM

💻Where: Online on CharityConnect, right here on this post

🤝Meet the panel: 

Laura Croudace is an enthusiastic change-maker who works in Partnerships, Circular Economy, and with Bcorps around the world. Her passion is connecting people and networking for social good because it is her belief that when passionate people come together, at the right time, amazing things happen. Laura believes that investing in yourself daily is the key to building a career that is exciting and creates an impact for others. You can find her on Twitter @alwayscolour but mostly on LinkedIn chatting about world-changing stuff! 

Fundraiser with mass marketing expertise in innovation, community, events, campaigns, individual giving and digital fundraising at various levels and causes. Dedicated to ensuring supporters have the best donor experience by leading on the strategic development and implementation of tailored supporter journeys, helping charities raise funds and enhance the lifetime value of a supporter base using best practice, insight-led techniques.  

Anna Hessenbruch is the Supporter Experience Strategist for the NSPCC. Anna sits on the Supporter Experience Special Interest Group committee for the Institute of Fundraising, and chairs the Supporter Experience Network for charity professionals. She is also the author of the Supporter Engagement Blog which seeks to shine a light on practical and actionable ways that charities are innovating to improve the supporter experience and increase supporter engagement. 

Malcolm is a Chair of the Young Harrow Foundation, a charity set up to support charities working with children and young people in Harrow. He has also recently been appointed as a trustee of the Association of Chairs.  Previously, he was Vice-Chair of both Anti-Slavery International and Nacro and an adviser to the London and South East Committee of BBC Children in Need. He has worked across the public, private and not for profit sector and has been involved in funding and seeking funding for charitable organisations.  His most recent and ongoing initiative is a campaign to increase the racial diversity of Trustee Boards. 

Brani is digital strategy consultant and executive coach. She established Digital Leadership to help non-profits develop their people, systems and processes through digital. She forged her skills at some of the biggest UK charities (Save the Children, Greenpeace, Parkinson’s UK) as a digital leader, board member and a consultant. She’s an NCVO trainer, CharityComms mentor, qualified executive coach, facilitator and established speaker. 

Daniel's focus includes challenging the closing space for civil society, enabling positive environments for charities and the global development goals. Previously Daniel worked at the Directory of Social Change and RAND Europe. Daniel has experience of international development in Cambodia and with the Mercator Foundation. Daniel is originally from Germany and holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance and a BA/BSc in Public Administration from the University of Twente and Munster.   

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