# Tickets now available for IWITOT

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/02/06/tickets-now-available-iwitot/
- Published: 2019-02-06T08:45:19+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Tickets for Open and SOFII’s annual fundraising ideas-sharing event I Wish I’d
Thought Of That (IWITOT) are now available.**

[IWITOT](http://sofii.org/iwitot) gives 18 fundraisers seven minutes each to present
the fundraising idea they wish they had thought of. It must be someone else’s idea,
not theirs or from their own organisation. The theme this year is Love Fundraising
and will take place on Thursday 21 February at Amnesty International in Shoreditch.

Speakers this year include: Bernard Ross, director of =mc; Nicola Tallett, director
of engagement at Oxfam; Katie Simmons, assistant director, engagement and partnerships
of Diabetes UK; Wayne Murray, strategy director of Audience; and Sonia Triki, head
of individual giving and legacy at Leonard Cheshire.

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Three speaker slots have been reserved for young, up-and-coming fundraisers. Sarah
Crowhurst, senior digital strategist at [Open](http://opencreates.com/), will be
mentored by Leesa Harwood, director of By the Waves. Ikhlaq Hussain, head of major
gifts at Orphans in Need, will be mentored by Ken Burnett, founder and managing 
trustee of [SOFII](http://sofii.org/). Camille St-Omer Donaldson, training and quality
control assistant manager of the British Red Cross, will be mentored by Louise Lai,
client services director of Open.

At the end of the event the audience get to vote by text for their favourite idea.
The winner is then announced at a drinks reception sponsored by Open, which is held
for all attendees after the event.

Tickets can be [purchased online](http://sofii.org/iwitot/i-wish-id-thought-of-that-london-2019)
with all proceeds going to SOFII.

Ken Burnett said:

> “This weird word we’ve created, IWITOT… It’s of course an acronym for I Wish I’d
> Thought Of That. But it’s come to mean fast-paced, sparkly, concise creative lessons
> from fresh speakers each given just seven minutes to inspire. It means the best
> young talent, live on stage, airing and sharing what they believe is just great.
> It means electric, contagious passion and tons of learning from and for fundraisers
> of all sorts, in great causes large and small. Be there.”

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