Suzanne Treharne – Rising Star at IoF Fundraising Convention 2016
Howard Lake | 29 July 2016 | News
“What is the licorice allsort that inspires you to achieve more?” asks Suzanne Treharne in the Rising Stars session at the Institute of Fundraising’s Fundraising Convention on 6 July 2016 at the Barbican Centre, London.
Nine rising stars in the fundraising world, none of whom had spoken at a Fundraising Convention before, were each given nine minutes to share their big fundraising idea or experience. They got to do so on the stage of the Barbican Concert Hall, home to the London Symphony Orchestra. Fortunately they were given some help in presenting from some established fundraisers.
Suzanne Treharne, Head of Giving and Engagement at LCVS, explained what drove her and what should drive us. Inequality abounds, particularly in her adopted home city of Liverpool, but she is doing something about it. But what makes people want to act? She uses the example of the licorice allsort sweet that was the spur that made her young daughter take her first steps.
She challenged the audience of fundraisers to work out what their licorice allsort moment was, and more importantly, what is the licorice allsort moment that will inspire their supporters to give and to help.
Licorice allsorts
She rounded off her presentation by distributing licorice allsorts to the audience.
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