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Commercial Charity Book

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How business thinking can help non-profits grow impact and income. Everything you need to know about earning income and using business techniques to deliver social change.

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Private Mentor Programme

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These programmes will commence formally in April 2020. For those who wish to begin early, a 20% discount and two free months of programme membership will be offered to those who signup prior to 31st January 2020.

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CEO Breakfast Seminars

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Our twice-yearly, invitation-only seminars are the only place where CEOs of the UK’s largest charities come together to share their insights and experiences around the sector’s greatest challenges and opportunities.

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Time to shed the shackles

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Anyone reading the press over the last year could be forgiven for thinking that working in the charity sector is like living through The Blitz. It feels like the sector’s […]

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Finding the diamonds

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There’s an old story about a Persian farmer that a lot of struggling charities might find extremely relevant. It was popularised by the 19th century Baptist minister Russell Conwell and it goes like this…

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The Changing Face of Charities

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Between 2001 and 2011 the charity sector’s income grew from £31bn to £41bn a year. Not through fundraising or grants, or legacies or investments, but through commercial trading. Public donations […]

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Thinking big for 2021

January 13, 2021by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

These are not normal circumstances. This is a one-off. A defining point in time. This is the moment of transition between the pre-Covid world and the post-Covid world. This is the time for impossible dreams.

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Webinar: unlocking your full potential

January 6, 2021by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

19th January 5pm to 6pm. I will share what we can learn about our own potential from the pandemic, and how we can harness the best that our people have shown us, to dramatically improve our pace, agility and impact for the future.

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The greatest window of opportunity

December 16, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

Across the sector we’ve witnessed new level of agility, responsiveness, decisive confidence, pace and problem solving. The worst thing any of us could do is to put that down to “crisis response”.

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Start with the big idea

December 2, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

In every organisation, in some way, shape or form, most people are attached to what the organisation currently does, and they will all have sensible and measured reasons for diluting any ambitions for change.

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The mindset of plenty

November 18, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

If we want our organisations to rapidly recover from the battering of 2020, we need to fundamentally rethink our attitudes to investment, ambition, and talent.

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Opening the bunker doors

November 4, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

A lot of the organisations I’ve been talking with have adopted a bunker mentality trying to get through these dark days. But it doesn’t need to feel like you’re under siege. There is a far better, more positive choice.

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Thriving in the hybrid workplace

October 21, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

This year has been incredibly difficult for people who are used to working in an office environment. In my recent conversations, wellbeing and burnout have become resident features. So, here are my top seven things that can make a positive difference…

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Building the bridge to a better future

October 7, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

Many of us are facing huge choices about the immediate futures of our organisations. Scary choices, with big, long-term implications. There’s more than the typical burden of responsibility in these decisions. There’s the profound weight of legacy.

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CEO Breakfast Dec 2020

October 7, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

Tuesday 8th December 08:00-10:00: The Future of Volunteering. Join me, along with Catherine Johnstone, CEO of Royal Voluntary Service and a select group of other leading CEOs, in a highly interactive and insightful discussion on re-imagining volunteering in these turbulent and chalenging times

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Resilience and resolve

September 23, 2020by Martyn Drake Leave a comment

This detour back towards lockdown will be tough for business and especially for charities, but it will be even tougher for some of the people around us and those we serve.

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