Free virtual conference offers support to charities affected by COVID-19

What form will the conference take?

Each session has been hand-selected and curated with COVID-19’s impact on the charity sector as its focus and will be presented online on April 2nd between 12pm - 6pm BST / 7am - 1pm EST.

 

Sessions are 45 minutes long including live Q&A with the speaker. Two tracks will run consecutively on Fundraising Everywhere’s website, fundraisingeverywhere.com, which attendees can interact and choose from throughout.

The conference will be hosted by Fundraising Everywhere co-founders, Nikki Bell and Simon Scriver.

 

Attendance is free but attendees must register here.

 

Attendees can choose between the twelve live sessions on offer and will have access to all recorded content afterwards, plus a bonus video resource library, for as long as the pandemic impacts the sector.

 

Other charity sector conferences such as Resource Alliance, Institute of Fundraising, and Charity Digital are supporting the project by using their speaker and charity connections to provide individual content.

 

The live stream will be subtitled in English for live viewers and available in other languages post-event.

 

 

Speakers and sessions

 

Planned sessions are:

• Setting up a response task force
• Fighting crisis with content
• Working with your board during a crisis
• Diversifying quickly
• Creating digital campaigns
• Mobilising volunteers during a lockdown
• Becoming digital-focused
• Campaigning in a crisis
• Adapting strategic objectives during a crisis
• Changing plans with funders
• Engaging with HNWI during a crisis
• How to survive and thrive through and beyond COVID-19
• Turning cancelled events digital

 

Plus a bonus resource library on:

 

• Community fundraising during COVID-19
• Telephone fundraising
• Legacy fundraising asks during a pandemic
• Remote working
• Time management
• Well-being
• Engaging with the media
• Running virtual events on social media
• Supporter experience during COVID-19
• Making sure your COVID-19 response is inclusive

 

Confirmed speakers so far include:

 

• Rebecca Davies (Save The Children)
• Chris Hall (Charity Digital)
• Ligia Pena (Greenpeace)
• Sam Laprade
• Tereza Litza (Lightful)
• Wayne Murray (Audience)
• Ian Mitlock (Charity Excellence Framework)
• Beth Kanter
• Kishshana Palmer
• Charity So White

 

There will also be live hosting from Fundraising Everywhere’s co-founders, Nikki Bell and Simon Scriver to engage with speakers and attendees.

 

The virtual platform hosts a chat function where attendees can get involved with their own discussions and network with each other and speakers.

 

Virtual event runs Thursday April 2nd between 12pm - 6pm BST / 7am - 1pm EST

 

What role will Charity Digital be playing?

 

Charity Digital will be hosting a session on ‘fighting crisis with content’

 

 

Content has never been more important.

 

With many of us confined to our homes, we look to digital channels for information and entertainment. We’ve been living in an attention economy for years, with charities facing increasing competition from other organisations looking to get their messages to potential supporters. The current crisis has only exacerbated this.

 

Inboxes and news feeds are dominated by information about COVID-19. Everyday consumers are being inundated with letters from CEOs, service updates and special offers. It’s imperative that charities are able to carry on the amazing work during uncertain times, so, how can you ensure that your message is being heard in a time of heightened content saturation? And what steps can you take to make sure that your messaging strikes an appropriate tone in an unforeseen situation?

 

Our session will help you to develop a content strategy built for uncertain times: when communication is the most powerful tool that we have at our disposal.

 

 

Sign up for Project Everyone here