An Interview with Dee Hall: How is Community and Regional fundraising changing?
The fundraising team at Prospectus met with Dee Hall, Head of National and Regional Fundraising at Crisis, to discuss Community and Regional fundraising.
Thinking about leaving recruitment until September?
Thinking about leaving recruitment until September? The summer is an awful time to attract candidates isn’t it? Actually, we think the summer has become a great time to recruit!
A lunchtime chat with Ken Burnett
Earlier this month, the fundraising team at Prospectus were lucky enough to have lunch with the talented and experienced Ken Burnett..
Prospectus is proud to support National Apprenticeship Week 2017
As part of National Apprenticeship Week, we asked one former and one current apprentice for their thoughts and reflections on the scheme. Our Office Manager Hannah Smith, herself a former apprentice, interviewed Rahat Uddin, our Office Support Assistant, who is currently undertaking the programme.
Professional Needle Hunters: Prospect Research
How do you turn data into action? What role does ancestry play in prospect research? Ryan Burdock, Senior Recruitment Consultant at Prospectus, sat down with Jason Briggs to find out the answers to these questions and more.
Succession Management – How Beyond Profits can Maximise Leadership Talent
There is often talk of a leadership deficit in beyond profit organisations, and most executives or trustees within the sector are likely to have experienced difficulties attracting and recruiting to key positions. But how much time is truly spent on growing leaders within organisations?
A perspective on special events – an Interview with Rebecca Elcome, Head of Events at Ark
Earlier this month we were pleased to be able to spend some time with Rebecca Elcome, Head of Events at Ark. Rebecca has enjoyed a successful career spanning several high-profile charities, is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Special Events Forum, and also delivers freelance projects through her company, Coveted Events.
Advantaged Thinking
David Gold, Prospectus CEO, interviews Jane Slowey (CEO) and Steve Hillman (Director of Policy and Impact) of the Foyer Federation on Advantaged Thinking, what it means to them and what it means in practice.
Anything but plain Vanilla – an interview with Rachel Whale
For our latest newsletter Prospectus CEO, David Gold, had the real pleasure of interviewing Rachel Whale, Founder and Managing Director of Vanilla and the Founding Director of Charityworks. Inevitably a conversation with a passionate social entrepreneur covered a fair bit of ground in a short hour! Everything from innovation versus plagiarism, gender imbalance in the sector, as well as more personal insight into Rachel and her experience and understanding of talent, homelessness and what it means to make a good social contribution.
From For to Beyond Profit – Making a Successful Career Transition
So what happens when someone makes the transition and secures a leadership role in the beyond profit sector? The board or chief executive is pleased, the candidate is delighted. How do you make it work, and how do you ensure all those attributes that were so desirable are truly utilised and enable the organisation to achieve more?