Being more radical: how to stay relevant and deliver the mission in our hyper connected digital world
Recent charity research from PwC and the Chartered Institute of Fundraising focused on three key themes: learning to pivot, making effective alliances, and making the most of mass participation. The report includes some good questions to ask.
Charity Commission user friendly guides
The Commission is launching a social media campaign to help trustees feel ‘certain in uncertain times’. Whilst having a few reservations the tag line, the resources are good and are centred on five key questions:
- Does every decision help your charity with its mission?
- Could your charity be drifting into activities that your charity is not set up to do?
- Is your charity reporting the right things at the right time?
- Could you spot a conflict of interest and manage it?
- Is there more you can do to prevent fraud?
Four lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life, and balance
An interesting exploration by Patty McCord of the impact of the pandemic on our work lives, it has certainly made me think about what I think the implications have been from my perspective. Great question:
What has it been before and what should it be now?
Choose to challenge
In the week of International Women’s Day and with the heartrending news of Sarah Everard, the #IWD2021 theme of Choose to Challenge has never felt more relevant. We may have made some progress but while women are still held accountable for what is done to them there is more work to be done.
Words of an unprecedented year
If ever there was any doubt that 2021 was a year like no other the OED word of the year is a great indicator – not one but 47 words! They include lockdown, circuit-breaker, unmute, and Anthropause to name a few. Casper Grathwohl, the president of OED said: “I’ve never witnessed a year in language like the one we’ve just had.
As our Word of the Year process started and this data was opened up, it quickly became apparent that 2020 is not a year that could neatly be accommodated in one single “word of the year”, so we have decided to report more expansively on the phenomenal breadth of language change and development over the year in our Words of an Unprecedented Year report.
Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell
I am a huge fan of the women of Abstract Expressionism and am constantly infuriated that they never get the same acknowledgement as the men. Great to see two new publications featuring Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell. Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty will be at the Dulwich Picture Gallery (15 September 2021 – 17 April 2022). It’s a must see if you can!
New publications cast a light on two formidable women artists and place them at the heart of Abstract Expressionism