IFC 2019 sessions
Plenaries
Our opening and closing plenaries are specially created for the IFC. They are designed to inspire, to educate, and to challenge you to stretch your heart and mind, your ambition and your self-belief.
- Track: Opening Plenary
IFC 2019 Opening Plenary: William Kamkwamba, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”
William Kamkwamba (Malawi), IFC 2019 Opening Plenary Speaker Learn More - Track: Closing plenary
IFC 2019 Closing Plenary: Srishti Bakshi, Elvis Eze and Joanna Sustento
Srishti Bakshi (India), IFC 2019 Closing Plenary Speaker Elvis Eze (Nigeria), IFC 2019 Closing Plenary Speaker Joanna Sustento (Philippines), IFC 2019 Closing Plenary Speaker Learn More
- Track: Opening Plenary
Masterclasses
Masterclasses are six and a half hours of intensive learning over two days. IFC masterclasses have a limited number of attendees so you will experience more powerful conversation, more intense exploration, and more deep-dive learning with an intimate group of delegates.
- Track: Future gazing and disruption
Intro to innovation bootcamp: The tools and tactics you need to start a culture of innovation tomorrow
Ali Walker Davies (UK), Head of Planning & Strategy, Open Miranda Goodenough (UK), Head of Innovation and Research, RSPCA Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Storytelling bootcamp: The power of story
Brian Fitzgerald (Netherlands), Founder & Co-Director, Dancing Fox Shweta Luthra (Switzerland), Global Fundraising Content Specialist, UNICEF Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
The six steps to precision philanthropy: How chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning can help social impact organisations be more effective
Michael Johnston (Canada), President and Founder, hjc Nathan Fay (USA), Associate Vice President of Prospect Development, City of Hope Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Senior leader masterclass: How to be a transformative leader in a disruptive world
Burkhard Gnärig (Portugal), Co-Founder, FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Supporter experience bootcamp: It’s time to take supporter experience seriously
Rachel Hunnybun (Canada), Fundraising Consultant, Blakely Inc Craig Linton (UK), Founder, Fundraising Detective Jason Novelli (Canada), Senior Manager Donor Marketing, Diabetes Canada Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Building a sustainable legacy giving programme: Discover how to create a legacy giving programme from start to finish
Lena Vizy (Netherlands), Legacy Programme Manager, Amnesty International Elly Lont (Netherlands), Team Leader High Value Fundraising, Greenpeace Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Integrated campaigning bootcamp: Boost your influence and income together
Lena Aahlby (Australia), Global Director of Programmes, World Animal Protection Pascal de Smit (Netherlands), Executive Director, World Animal Protection Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Journey to supporter engagement: Raising funds by adding value to people’s lives
Johnty Gray (UK), Mass Engagement Director, WaterAid Alex McDowell (UK), Head of Public Fundraising, RNIB Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Unscrambled tech: Understanding the ever-changing world of emerging technology and spotting the real opportunities for non-profits
Sophia (Puff) Story (UK), Chief Changemaker, 3 Sided Cube Bryan Miller (UK), Consultant & Owner, Strategy Refresh Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Design your donor experience: Empathise, analyse, create, test, and deploy
Atsuko Allison Ueda (Japan), COO / Head of Fundraising, Japan for UNHCR Brian Walsh (Canada), Principal, Structured Empathy Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Innovation Camp 2019
Ellen Janssens (Netherlands), Freelance (Open) Innovation Specialist and Fundraising Strategist, Collective Innovation Gavin Coopey (Australia), Director, More Strategic Marjolein van de Paverd (Netherlands), Fundraising Consultant, FC Marjolein Nick Allen (USA), President, Open America Kaz McGrath (Australia), Global Marketing Manager, Act for Peace Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Major donor bootcamp: For those who have never done it and those who want to do it better!
Tony Myers (Canada), Principal & Senior Counsel, Myers & Associates Jan Uekermann (Switzerland), CEO, Uekermann Fundraising & Communication Consultancy Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Build campaigns that mobilise people power: A practical masterclass from theory to tactics
Jacqui Howard (UK), Programmes Director, Mobilisation Lab Sarah Ali (Canada), Digital Organising Lead, Mobilisation Lab Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Shake up organisational culture to have a bigger impact: Learn the tools your organisation needs to reach its full potential!
Katy Grennier (USA), CEO, DSIL Global Suthasiny (Moh) Sudprasert (Thailand), Creative Consultant, DSIL Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Everything you ever wanted to know about high value giving
Christopher Carnie (Spain), Founder and Director, Factary Sophie Vossenaar (Netherlands), Director of Fundraising Europe, African Parks Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Digital fundraising bootcamp: From A (advertising) to Z (zillions)
Madeline Stanionis (USA), Principal & Creative Director, M+R Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Data, analytics, & insights bootcamp: The fundraiser’s best friends
Fiona McPhee (New Zealand), Fundraisingologist, Moceanic Manabu Nakayama (Japan), CEO, Valiosa Marketing Learn More - Track: Partnerships and commercial
Corporate partnerships bootcamp: How to win valuable strategic partnerships with companies
Rob Woods (UK), Director, Bright Spot Fundraising Ben Swart (UK), Head of New Corporate Partnerships, NSPCC Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Relationship fundraising 3.0: How to use philanthropic psychology to enhance your communication and double your income
Adrian Sargeant (UK), Executive Director, The Philanthropy Centre Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Brain science: Winning the minds of donors
Geoffrey Peters (USA), President, Moore DM Group Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Your strategy on one page: Using strategy maps to integrate all your fundraising in a single plan
Thomas Kurmann (USA), Director of Development, Médecins Sans Frontières Bernard Ross (UK), Director, The Management Centre (=mc) Learn More
- Track: Future gazing and disruption
Workshops
IFC workshops offer a wealth of practical, strategic learning boiled down into 90-minute sessions served up by some of the most focused practitioners in the social impact sector.
- Track: Fundraising and engagement
A fundraiser’s guide to recruiting regular giving donors using digital video
Saleem Tejani (UK), Head of Digital Films, DTV Group Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
An introduction to neurofundraising and behavioural marketing for direct marketers: How to be more effective in motivating direct response giving in all channels
Geoffrey Peters (USA), President, Moore DM Group Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
An introduction to neurofundraising and behavioural marketing for major donors: How to be more effective in motivating giving from major donors
Geoffrey Peters (USA), President, Moore DM Group Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Beyond the tactics: The fundamentals of delivering a positive supporter experience
Jason Novelli (Canada), Senior Manager Donor Marketing, Diabetes Canada Rachel Hunnybun (Canada), Fundraising Consultant, Blakely Inc Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Creating a culture of innovation: Tools and tactics to help your team innovate for fundraising success
Ali Walker Davies (UK), Head of Planning & Strategy, Open Miranda Goodenough (UK), Head of Innovation and Research, RSPCA Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Creating campaigns that catch fire: A fun and disciplined creative approach to building irresistible, memorable, shareable, and wildly successful digital fundraising campaigns
Madeline Stanionis (USA), Principal & Creative Director, M+R Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Creating a value proposition: How to create distinctive fundraising offering
Bernard Ross (UK), Director, The Management Centre (=mc) Ruby Bayley-Pratt (UK), Fundraising Policy and Research Manager, British Red Cross Thomas Kurmann (USA), Director of Development, Médecins Sans Frontières Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Cultivation is the key to success in major donor fundraising: Learn it. Improve it. Here and now!
Jan Uekermann (Switzerland), CEO, Uekermann Fundraising & Communication Consultancy Tony Myers (Canada), Principal & Senior Counsel, Myers & Associates Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Creating, testing, funding, and spinning out a new start-up business
Andrew Bathgate (UK), Co-founder, Good Innovation Charlotte Guiver (UK), Director of Income Generation, Versus Arthritis Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Culture Club 2.0: The connection between culture and our ability to thrive!
Kesheyl van Schilt (Canada), President & CEO, Blakely Stephen George (UK), Fundraising & Leadership Coach and Consultant, Good Leaders Caroline Riseboro (Canada), President & CEO, Plan International Canada Atsuko Allison Ueda (Japan), COO / Head of Fundraising, Japan for UNHCR Emily Au-Young (Bangladesh), Founder and CEO, Reemi Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Demystifying supporter insight: Top tools and tricks you can use to understand your supporters better and do something about it
Lesley Pinder (UK), Head of Supporter Experience, British Red Cross Belinda Dimovski (Australia) , Director of Engagement & Support, Australian Red Cross Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Developing new markets from Central Asia to the Baltics: How to start contemporary systematic fundraising in the markets that “don’t give”
Andrej Naricyn (Hungary), Regional Capacity Building (Europe and Central Asia), IFRC Hungary Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Digital fundraising benchmarks: 2018 UK and North America comparison – bridging the divide between anecdotes and data about what’s working and what’s not in digital fundraising
Matt Derby (USA), Senior Vice President, M+R Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Driving response from the middle: Ideas for developing your middle donor programme
Fiona McPhee (New Zealand), Fundraisingologist, Moceanic Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Effective leadership giving: ‘One team’ working in the high value fundraising space
Joe Waterton (UK), Head of Philanthropy, Macmillan Cancer Support Simon Dickson (UK), Senior Consultant, THINK Consulting Solutions Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Expanding across borders with digital fundraising: How to build a remote digital fundraising programme in multiple international markets from the ground up
Nick Burne (UK), Founder CEO, GivePanel Suzanne Ambrogetti (USA), Senior Director of Global Opportunities, International Rescue Committee Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Fundraising for introverts: Better networking, phone calls, and face-to-face connections
Nikki Bell (UK), Freelance Consultant and Trainer, charitynikki.com Simon Scriver (Ireland), Consultant and Trainer, ChangeFundraising.com Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Fundraising in the Arab region: From one-off to plenty
Reem A. Abdelhamid (Saudi Arabia), Lead (Strategic Partnerships, PSP North Africa), UNHCR Sarah Alshaibani (Saudi Arabia), Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Tamer Family Foundation Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
How giving works in Africa: Peer-to-peer digital fundraising case studies from Kenya and groundbreaking research into giving trends across East & South Africa
Joseph Wang’endo (Kenya), CEO & Founder, Bloodlink Foundation Sameera Mehra (UK), Head of Global Alliance Development, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
How rules of engagement drive or impede organisational performance: A closer look at action and inaction and its consequences on fundraising
Ajay Mehta (UK), International Programmes Consultant, The Resource Alliance Donna Reitano (Switzerland), Principal, FundsUp Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
IFL: Global Fundraising Trends
Julie Verhaar (Switzerland), Senior Director of Global Fundraising and Engagement, Amnesty International Don Haszczyn (Austria), Director of Fund Development, SOS Children’s Villages International Kirsi Mettällä (Finland) , Director, Marketing & Fundraising, Plan International Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Harrassment isn’t just in Hollywood
Lisa Bell (UK), HR Director, Tell Jane Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
How to use data science to uncover hidden income opportunities and find new audiences: Learn the framework and the algorithms to transform data into useful (and ready to apply) information
Begoña Laviña (Mexico), Fundraising Director, Greenpeace Mexico Filipe Páscoa (Brazil), Chief Intelligence & Innovation Officer, Trackmob Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Launching face-to-face fundraising projects in new markets: Monthly donor projects and their advantages and challenges from an Eastern Europe perspective
Aistė Lacitė (Lithuania), Managing Director, Red Nose Clown Doctors Raimonda Kostiuškevičiūtė (Lithuania), Head of F2F Project, Red Nose Clown Doctors Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Let your fundraising channels take you all over the world: Why your successful individual fundraising channels, over anything else, should be the key driver of your global expansion strategy
Guillermo de los Santos (Mexico), Head of Market Development, Save the Children International Sonya Burke (UK), Consultant, ACA Philanthropy & Fundraising Learn More - Track: Partnerships and commercial
Make an offer that businesses can’t refuse: Unlock your organisation’s value to develop high-impact, win-win corporate relationships
Emily Au-Young (Bangladesh), Founder and CEO, Reemi Sky Siu (Hong Kong), Executive Director, Kely Support Group Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
P2P – onwards and upwards: How to grow your income and deliver your vision using P2P
Belinda Abraham (South Africa), Communications, Resource Development, & Education Manager, The Cape of Good Hope SPCA Brian Higgins (Ireland), CEO, Bloomfield Health Services Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Philanthropic culture: What is it, why does it matter, and how do I get one?
Adrian Sargeant (UK), Executive Director, The Philanthropy Centre Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Practical ways to use data to drive your results: A practical guide for using data to manage your individual giving programme
Fiona McPhee (New Zealand), Fundraisingologist, Moceanic Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Raising money from high value donors in the 21st century: Systematic relational approaches to engage and build lasting relationships with high value donors
Miren Ispizua-Bilbao (Denmark), Global Partnerships & Philanthropy, UNHCR Reem A. Abdelhamid (Saudi Arabia), Lead (Strategic Partnerships, PSP North Africa), UNHCR Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Real world fundraising plans: How to create a fundraising plan that you’ll actually use
Alice Ferris (USA), Partner, Goalbusters Consulting Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Saving the world (wide web): To save the world, you’ve first got to save your own website
Beate Sørum (Norway), Digital Fundraising Consultant, B Bold Katharina Heide Paus (Norway), Head of Digital, WWF Norway Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Silo busting with empathy: Using customer experience to lead change management
Gavin Coopey (Australia), Director, More Strategic Kaz McGrath (Australia), Global Marketing Manager, Act for Peace Learn More - Track: Partnerships and commercial
Social enterprise models and NGO sustainability: From donor models to income generation
Vanessa Ramanjam (South Africa), Hub Manager South Africa, Social Enterprise Academy Africa Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Sticky teams: How to recruit and retain talent that sticks
Kishshana Palmer (USA), CEO, Kishshana & Co. // Chief Growth Officer, The Future Project Learn More - Track: Leadership and strategy
Supporter experience design thinking: Twelve countries, twelve workshops, twelve months later – lessons learned from the UNHCR on adopting design thinking and journey mapping
Atsuko Allison Ueda (Japan), COO / Head of Fundraising, Japan for UNHCR Brian Walsh (Canada), Principal, Structured Empathy Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Taking impact to donors: How to use impact with donors
Christopher Carnie (Spain), Founder and Director, Factary Sophie Vossenaar (Netherlands), Director of Fundraising Europe, African Parks Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
The power of story: Hacking society’s operating system
Brian Fitzgerald (Netherlands), Founder & Co-Director, Dancing Fox Shweta Luthra (Switzerland), Global Fundraising Content Specialist, UNICEF Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Together for Yes – how we changed Ireland: The story of a grassroots, digitally powered campaign that mobilised a nation to give, get out, and vote
Ailbhe Smyth (Ireland), Convenor, Coalition to Repeal the 8th Amendment Damian O’Broin (Ireland), Managing Director, Ask Direct Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Unscrambled tech: Getting moving with voice technology
Bryan Miller (UK), Consultant & Owner, Strategy Refresh Sophia (Puff) Story (UK), Chief Changemaker, 3 Sided Cube Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Unscrambled tech: Understanding artificial intelligence
Bryan Miller (UK), Consultant & Owner, Strategy Refresh Sophia (Puff) Story (UK), Chief Changemaker, 3 Sided Cube Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Videogames and livestreaming: An interactive workshop about interactive entertainment
Alyssa Sweetman (USA), Charity Program Manager, Twitch Nick Scott (UK), Head of Partnerships, War Child UK Michael Wasserman (USA) , CEO & Co-Founder, Tiltify Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Where your major donors live: How to boost direct mail, middle donors, and major donors
Fiona McPhee (New Zealand), Fundraisingologist, Moceanic Learn More - Track: Partnerships and commercial
WOW your donors: How to increase major donor and corporate partnership with strategic peak moments
Ben Swart (UK), Head of New Corporate Partnerships, NSPCC Rob Woods (UK), Director, Bright Spot Fundraising Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Your road map to a five star legacy programme: How to make the most out of your legacy fundraising potential
Elly Lont (Netherlands), Team Leader High Value Fundraising, Greenpeace Lena Vizy (Netherlands), Legacy Programme Manager, Amnesty International Learn More
- Track: Fundraising and engagement
Big Room
Bigger-than-life speakers, in front of a big crowd on a big stage in a big room, talking about The Big Issues.
- Track: Partnerships and commercial
Purpose-driven corporations and their role in social movements and causes
Anne-Marie Grey (USA), Executive Director and CEO, USA for UNHCR Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Safeguarding the news, protecting the public sphere: The Guardian’s journey to becoming supporter-led
Amanda Michel (UK), Global Director and Senior Product Manager, Contributions, The Guardian María Ramirez (Spain), Director of Strategy, eldiario.es Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
The brave new world of videogames and live streamer fundraising: Are you engaging with online streamers or videogamers as a potential route for generating income? If not, why not?
Alyssa Sweetman (USA), Charity Program Manager, Twitch Nick Scott (UK), Head of Partnerships, War Child UK Michael Wasserman (USA) , CEO & Co-Founder, Tiltify Learn More - Track: Future gazing and disruption
Preparing civil society for the fourth industrial revolution
Nicholas Davis (Switzerland), Head of Society and Innovation, World Economic Forum Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
I Wish I’d Thought Of That (IWITOT)
Learn More - Track: Fundraising and engagement
Meet the funders
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- Track: Partnerships and commercial
The Resource Cafe
Our Resource Cafe events are more fluid than other session types. They allow you to engage informally with speakers and with each other: big on conversation, small on presentation, and with abundant couches! **Full Resource Cafe programme to be announced soon... Stay tuned!
