Thursday 9 December 2010

From Good to Great

Take time to consider your fundraising skills and responsibilities.

Career development is often dependent on networking, qualifications and experience, but if you can score well in your competencies you will find that your abilities make you a highly marketable fundraiser.

At the Institute we like to offer our members an Individual Training Needs Analysis to assess their strengths and weaknesses, and therefore encourage them to make improvements to develop their careers.

One example of this was a call we made to a member who wanted to become a freelance fundraising consultant, yet she lacked experience in certain areas of fundraising. As such when we ran through her competencies some of her scores were low and provided us with an opportunity to discuss her career direction.

On one hand she could attempt to gain further experience with her current employer by asking for responsibilities in fundraising areas she has yet to develop skills within. Alternatively a qualification could provide her with the knowledge to expand into these areas. She could take the Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising to gain a broad insight into all areas of fundraising, or with a Masterclass she could focus on whichever specific area she requires.

Don’t be afraid of writing down all the attributes and responsibilities required in your current job role and the job roles you are aiming for in the future. Score yourself from 1 to 10, decide which scores to improve and take yourself from good to great.

Tim Wiltshire
Institute of Fundraising Academy
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