Fundraising think tank seeks best thinkers for its advisory panel
Howard Lake | 16 June 2015 | News
Rogare, the fundraising think tank at Plymouth University, is inviting fundraisers to join its advisory panel. It is looking for “the best new thinkers in fundraising” who can help it translate its research into professional practice around the world.
Ian MacQuillin, Rogare’s director, said:
“We are very keen to develop and promote a new generation of fundraising thought leaders whose voices are possibly not currently heard. We want to achieve a paradigm shift in the way fundraisers use theory and evidence to tackle the challenges confronting their profession. This is an exciting opportunity for fundraisers with excellent critical thinking skills to be part of the movement that delivers this change”.
International focus
For the first time, Rogare will be looking to recruit panel members from outside the UK. The Resource Alliance will be helping identify potential candidates particularly from the global South.
New members from Europe and North America are also being sought, to supplement the existing UK members.
MacQuillin explained:
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“We’d intended to internationalise the think tank in 2016, but the level of interest from overseas and the support of the Resource Alliance has been such that we are able to do this a year ahead of schedule.”
Role of advisory panel
The main role for advisory panel members is to disseminate Rogare’s research and other outputs to key audiences, including fundraising practitioners and other potential users of the research, and identify ways these outputs can be translated into professional practice.
Panel members will also help Rogare identify the subject areas that it researches through an annual ‘scoping study’, and contribute new thinking and ideas to the Critical Fundraising blog.
Laura Boulton, conference and strategy director at the Resource Alliance, explained the importance of their partnership with Rogare. She said:
“No matter where people are in the world it’s important that we hear from them about the critical issues facing the sector. We’re passionate about having global voices in the room because as Rogare produces their findings, translating those learnings across the world will be key. We’re hoping that global voices will offer fresh perspectives on the topics we’re exploring and bring different ways of thinking to the group.”
How to apply
To be eligible to join Rogare’s Advisory Panel, applicants must be fundraisers working for a charity or nonprofit organisation or sole fundraising consultants.
To apply to join the advisory panels, applicants must write, using ‘critical fundraising principles’, a 500-word essay that describes what they think is the biggest challenges facing fundraising and what they would do to tackle it.
This will be assessed by a selection panel consisting of Ian MacQuillin; Amanda Shepard, the advisory panel’s co-ordinator; Laura Boulton, conference and strategy director of the Resource Alliance; and two other current members of the advisory panel.
Applications to join the Rogare advisory panel close on 30 June 2015.
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.