I have just run some more workshops for church administrators. One of the many things we talked about was the invisibility of the role. When everything goes well, they all told me that nobody notices what they do, or often notices them. However, when there is a ‘typo’ in the news…
Communication
Recent national surveys have painted a fairly bleak picture. Public trust in charities and specifically in fundraisers is falling and this probably does not really surprise us. We have probably all heard. or even offered, criticism of charities and there is a widespread perception that money is wasted or poorly…
There is an election where I live this Thursday, Who knew? For you Anglicans out there, don’t be fooled by the headline, we are being invited to select our Police and Crime Commissioner, but I suspect most people know nothing about it, who the candidates are, or the issues they…
If you are involved in a small charity, it can be all too easy to feel no-one is listening or interested. After all, big charities seem to get all the attention (and cash!) and it can be a struggle to get your message, or even your existence noticed. However, the…
I have recently returned from a few days away from my desk with predictable results. The post pile and the inbox loomed and the temptation was to commence battle immediately! We so often see our inbox as the enemy (see ‘too much information‘). Either we surrender, leaving messages unanswered or…
When is too much information actually too much? We get so much information yet, if what we often hear is to believed, we want even more. However ‘no-one told me’ and ‘the communication around here is terrible’ are not so much calls for m0re of the stuff but for better….
I love coffee, in fact I have a bit of a reputation for it….. Those of you who know me will therefore not be surprised that it seems to feature fairly heavily in my working life. Whatever your drink of choice, I have found that sharing it with others as…
Would you buy from this man? No? OK, it’s a cliche not to trust a second-hand car salesman, but cliches apart, why wouldn’t you buy a car from him? Is it the way he looks or is it the world that he represents, Perhaps you have been taught never to trust men…
We all like stories. We read them to our children, watch them on TV soaps and are endlessly fascinated by other people’s, whether we read them in magazines or heard them discussed down our street. We all have our own story and so do the organisations we work for. These are…