| Rick Bond, Director of The Complete Works offers a portfolio of governance, business and fundraising training programmes designed exclusively for managers and trustees of arts and cultural organisations.
Our 1 and 2-day programmes are suitable for in-house workshops, enabling managers and trustees to acquire and apply critical skills - fast.
For full details of all workshops, visit our website, or E-mail us for a brochure.
Training Programme Summary
Fundraising Essentials
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CREATE AN EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING STRATEGY
- Increase your presence and appeal to funders
- Invest your time more effectively
- Know when and how to ask
- Raise more money for the things that matter most
GRANT APPLICATIONS: WRITING A WINNER
- Greater success in writing applications - fewer
rejections
- Understand why funders want to give you money
- Learn what funders look for in applications
- Produce logical persuasive applications
ATTRACT SPONSORSHIP: WHAT REALLY WORKS
- Produce a realistic sponsorship strategy
- Create win-win benefits for both parties
- secure stronger long-term relationships
CULTIVATING DONORS: RELATIONSHIP FUNDRAISING
- Know who, when and how it is realistic to cultivate
- Friends schemes: the good and the bad!
- Big Gift campaigns
- Corporate Membership schemes
- Regular donor programmes
Governance:
TRUSTEE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Improved Board effectiveness
- Improved Trustee - Management relationships
- Greater 'buy-in' to organisational vision
- More effective trustees. More effective meetings
TRANSFERRING TO A TRUST
- For local authority venues considering a transfer to an
independent trust
- Learn how to determine whether the trust option is
right - identifying the benefits
- Understand why and when to transfer
BOARD DYNAMICS - CREATING A FUNCTIONAL BOARD
- Create high-performance boards
- Identify structures to suit your organisation's needs
- Build Trustee and Management confidence
Business Strategy:
STRATEGIC BUSINESS DIRECTION
- For senior management teams and trustess who need a
shared appreciation of business strategy
HOW TO PREPARE A BUSINESS PLAN WITH YOUR TEAM
- Discover a fresh approach to business planning with
your team in creating realistic and sustainable plans
Feedback from Recent course participants:
- “This was one of the best courses I've ever been on. As
an FE trainer myself I can say, I think with some
authority, that this was training of the highest quality.”
- “The trainer was clearly highly experienced in his field
and showed an obvious love of passing on his skills.”
- “I think we are somewhat improved as an organisation.
Relationships are better and we have significantly better
systems in place. Also now much more secure about
meeting our legal responsibilities.”
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