10 intriguing session titles at the 2013 National Convention

Howard Lake | 22 June 2013 | Blogs

For once I've managed to plan my National Convention schedule in advance. As always though, while I look forward to many sessions, I realise that there are many that look very good but which I will miss out on.

This year's Convention consists of 120 sessions divided into eight thematic tracks, and flagged as to whether they are aimed at beginners, experienced or senior fundraisers:

• community, events and volunteers
• corporate fundraising
• digital fundraising
• individual giving
• major donors
• personal effectiveness
• the bigger picture
• trusts and statutory

Here are 10 sessions whose titles alone intrigue me:

• Making fundraising macho
   
• Men and moustaches – what is driving the success of Movember and does it signal the end of the marathon?
   
• How to get more meetings with millionaires?
   
• The Big Gay 10k: fundraising with a twist
   
• Put away the defibrillator! Easy ways to breathe new life into your major giving programme
   
• Gravitas for fundraisers
   
• Simple tricks for writing great copy your agency won't tell you
   
• You might not like this: entrepreneurs challenge the charity sector to make more money
   
• Trust me, I'm a fundraiser
   
• Herding cats and leading from behind – how to get our fundraising board to do what you want.

You can explore all the sessions available from 1-3 July at National Convention in a PDF or in Issuu magazine format.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.