Feeling you don’t have time for legacy fundraising marketing? Or don’t know where to start? As a former Legacy Marketing Manager, I have been where you are. Having managed regional legacy teams, organised and presented at over 110 legacy events I love the whole journey from having conversations to stewarding pledgers. Now as a legacy consultant. I hear people who have responsibility for this fundraising stream struggling, and I don't want you to. Episodes will help you to increase your legac ...
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Ep67: A chat with Vicky McKellar, Individual Giving Manager at Claire House Children's Hospice - “Lottery to Legacy” a client case study Part 2
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Part 2 and conclusion interview with key takeaways Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please? If you are enjoying my podcast, I’d love it if you could either subscribe, share with…
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Ep66: A chat with Vicky McKellar, Individual Giving Manager at Claire House Children's Hospice - “Lottery to Legacy” a client case study Part 1
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Have you overlooked an audience for legacy marketing? We take a deep dive into exploring how an unlikely donor group may just be your best legacy prospect. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do …
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Finally, an episode dedicated to this simple but highly effective legacy marketing tool.
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Delving into some common words and phrases that I recommend you drop from your marketing.
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Personal account of the reason why I paid another visit to my solicitor. Could this also be in the minds of your legacy prospects?
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Ep62: A chat with Richard from NFWN and Emily from Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare " How we get results from our Free Wills Service" Part 2
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Part 2 and conclusion interview with key nuggets of wisdom to help you increase your pledger numbers. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please? If you are enjoying my podcast, I’…
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Ep61: A chat with Richard from NFWN and Emily from Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare " How we get results from our Free Wills Service" Part 1
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Is an offer of a Free Will writing service right for your supporters? Listen to part 1 of this interview to find out how you can use this tool to increase your legacy pledgers. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more i…
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Ep60: A chat with Gaynor Lanceley "The Do's and Don'ts of working with solicitors in your legacy programme" Part 2
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Part 2 and conclusion with my interview with Gaynor. Key takeaways included in this one too. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please? If you are enjoying my podcast, I’d love it…
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Ep59: A chat with Gaynor Lanceley "The Do's and Don'ts of working with solicitors in your legacy programme" Part 1
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A much needed frank conversation on how we work with solicitors when marketing legacies to supporters Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please? If you are enjoying my podcast, I’…
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If budgets are tight, you can absolutely develop this in-house. In this one, I guide you through the key steps to create a brochure that will inspire your donors to give in this way. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for …
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Part 2 of my interview with Madeleine along with key take-aways and actions for the digital aspects of your legacy programme Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please? If you are …
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Are you using online channels to promote legacy fundraising? A great interview even if you’re looking for top tips from an expert in the legacy digital space. For more expert advice from Madeleine visit https://madlinblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/09/your-legacy-shop-window/ Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for…
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Ep55: A chat with Ben from QTS and Rose from Eden Project "How we delivered the best legacy telephone campaign" a client case study Part 2
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Part 2 of my interview with Rose and Ben along with key take-aways and actions for your own legacy marketing plans. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please? If you are enjoying …
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Ep54: A chat with Ben from QTS and Rose from Eden Project "How we delivered the best legacy telephone campaign" a client case study Part 1
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If you’re not using the telephone as part of your legacy fundraising programme, then this one's for you. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please? If you are enjoying my podcast,…
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53: A chat with June Steward "When do you need a legacy copywriter and how to work with one"
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We know that legacies is a specialism so should you also look for an expert to write copy for your legacy materials? Listen to find out. Got a question? Drop me an email hello@legacyfundraisingchat.co.uk Sign up for your monthly dose of tips and inspiration with my newsletter here. Visit my website for more info P.s Could you do me a favour please?…
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Episode 52: A chat with Cat Woodhead, CEO at Muscular Dystrophy UK - "Why and how we hired our first legacy manager" Part 2
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Part 2 of my chat with Cat Woodhead
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Episode 51: A chat with Cat Woodhead, CEO at Muscular Dystrophy UK - "Why and how we hired our first legacy manager" Part 1
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Are you thinking about recruiting for a legacy fundraiser or manager or need to convince your board for that extra investment? Then this one's for you.
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Episode 50: A chat with Dr Claire Routley and Ashley Rowthorn on "How to work with a legacy consultant or agency" Part 2
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Part 2 of my chat with Ashley and Claire
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Episode 49: A chat with Dr Claire Routley and Ashley Rowthorn on "How to work with a legacy consultant or agency" Part 1
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Candid chat on how to make the most of working with outsourced legacy support. We also cover how you can spot the red flags in this potential support and what questions to ask to ensure you have the best experience with a legacy consultant or agency.
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Covering when you should recruit, who you should hire, what expertise they should have to help you to start or build your legacy programme.
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A run-down of some of the content I’m working on and the guests that I interviewing - all aimed at helping you with your legacy marketing efforts.
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Episode 46: A chat with Rosalind Sherlock - Jones from Water Aid - How to build relationships with personal executors and how it can help you in your legacy marketing Part 2
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Final part of my interview with Rosalind.
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A chat with Rosalind Sherlock - Jones from Water Aid - How to build relationships with personal executors and how it can help you in your legacy marketing Part 1
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If you haven’t yet created a system on linking with your legacy charity administration or management with your legacy marketing, this is a must listen. Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can help: ✍️ Write or review your current Legacy fundraising strategy 📢 Set up your first Telephone Legacy campaign …
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Episode 44: Legacy Budget Series Part 3 What numbers to show your Board of Trustees to get internal approval
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Do you know how to impress your Board to get the legacy marketing spend you need? Listen to find out what they want to hear. Here’s a link to the tool that will help you https://smeeandford.com/legacy-analysis-portal/ ================================================= Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I …
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I run through the approximate costs for legacy marketing activity, for you to decide what you want to include in your programme ================================================= Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can help: ✍️ Write or review your current Legacy fundraising strategy 📢 Set up your first …
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Exploring the proactive things that you can be doing to secure your legacy marketing budget including knowing what numbers you absolutely need to know.
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If you’re not getting the results you want from your legacy programme or making use of technology or personalising your donor communications, now is the time to conduct a legacy audit.
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Episode 40: A chat with Jane Symmons - Major Gifts Director at Thames Hospice Part 2 A client case study
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Part 2 of my interview, do listen back to Episode 39 first ====================================================== Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can help: ✍️ Write or review your current Legacy fundraising strategy 📢 Set up your first Telephone Legacy campaign and manage it for you 📝Legacy Marketin…
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Episode 39: A chat with Jane Symmons - Major Gifts Director at Thames Hospice - Part 1 A client case study
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Client case study on how to galvanise the support across your charity to help spread your legacy message and how legacy telemarketing has created a secure legacy pipeline for Thames Hospice.
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Part 2 to my interview with the Vegan Society ====================================================== Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can help: ✍️ Write or review your current Legacy fundraising strategy 📢 Set up your first Telephone Legacy campaign and manage it for you 📝Legacy Marketing Events Plan…
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Candid interview as you learn more about what motivates your supporters to leave a gift in their Will to your charity. As well as more about me as your host and producer of the show.
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Pledger stories are gold for your legacy marketing. Let’s face it, if they have gone public with telling people your organisation is in their Will, the chances of you being taken out is minuscule. ====================================================== Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can help: ✍️ Wri…
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Pledgers are hugely valuable to you. They can take your charity out of their Will so to keep your charity in front of their mind, you’ll want to know what’s going on inside their mind so you can respond to that accordingly. ====================================================== Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the w…
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You naturally want to know who these people are because you're likely being measured on the number of pledgers that are recorded on your system and you’ll naturally want to thank them too.
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I offer my first on-air legacy consultancy support to a small charity that attended one of my training sessions earlier this. Learn what you could implement into your organisation that is low-cost with minimal effort. Find out more about the charity here https://www.littleangeltheatre.com/
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Episode 32: A chat with Suzanne Watts - Producer of 2023 Global legacy Strategy Summit - what to expect from this year's event
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I’ve presented at the Legacy Strategy for the last few years and there’s always something new to learn. Find out what to expect from this year’s online event that takes place on 20th June 2023. You can book your place here https://legacystrategysummit.com/
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Episode 31 - What I've learnt as a judge at the Legacy Giving Awards that will help you in your legacy marketing
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The Smee and Ford Legacy Awards took place on the 27th April and I had the pleasure of being a judge and Chair of one of the panel discussion sessions. I share my learning’s from both experiences to help you in your future legacy marketing. As mentioned in the episode, The Smee and Ford Legacy Trends Report you can get your copy here https://smeean…
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Planning on running a legacy telephone campaign? A rare insight into what you can expect when you call your supporters to talk about legacy giving. After listening you might just be persuaded how much your supporters would love that call from you.
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In Part 2 of this 2 -Part Series, learn the when, how, what and who to deliver your legacy training to to maximise your legacy income
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I get lots of requests to deliver Legacy training and how to train people across a charity to have Legacy conversations. In Part 1 of this 2 -Part Series, learn how I have used audience needs to develop bespoke training covering the wider fundraising team, Trustee boards, Executive Boards, Operational staff and front-line staff and volunteers…
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Episode 27: A chat with Tim Kachuriak - founder of Nextafter and author of Optimise your fundraising - Part 2
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Part 2 of my interview with Tim Kachuriak and the conundrum of why donors give.
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Episode 26: A chat with Tim Kachuriak - founder of Nextafter and author of Optimise your fundraising - Part 1
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What makes people give? It's a question that Tim Kachuriak, has been obsessed over for more than a decade. And it's what led him to develop the world's largest digital fundraising research lab. Through the course of performing over 2,500 fundraising experiments, he’s learned a few simple yet profound truths. I invited him to share those with you on…
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Learn how celebrating your wins and recognising why your setbacks happened can make you a better legacy fundraiser. This one is a must if you never celebrate your successes in a public way. I'm delighted that the National Free Wills Network is sponsoring my podcast. They allow you to offer your supporters a free solicitor written Will anywhere in t…
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Is it worth spending the time personalising your messaging to individual donors? Does it even work? This episode explores the why, how and when to personalise your legacy donor communications. I'm delighted that the National Free Wills Network is sponsoring my podcast. They allow you to offer your supporters a free solicitor written Will anywhere i…
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Imagine if you could get inside the mind of a donor. You’d know exactly what drives them to give. My guest does just that. Dr Russell James has revolutionised the way charities globally approach marketing. Using the latest scientific technology, Dr. James researches brain activity in fundraising prospects to find out why and what makes donors give.…
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How shining a light on legacies within your organisation can help you to get buy-in from across your charity and stop you feeling like a legacy lone ranger. Covering everything from when and how to create these legacy moments. ------------------------------------- Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can…
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Episode 21: A chat with Dr Claire Routley and Ashley Rowthorn from Legacy Voice - How any charity can kick off Jan 2023 with a legacy campaign
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Wondering when the best time is to run a legacy campaign? Listen to my discussion with fellow Legacy Fundraising Consultancy experts, Ashley and Claire from Legacy Voice to find out. Read Ashley and Claire’s impressive bio’s here: https://legacyfutures.com/about/ashley-rowthorn-3/ https://legacyfutures.com/about/claire-routley/ And the team at Lega…
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You genuinely care about how your supporters feel. So I know you want to approach a legacy conversation with sensitivity and with ease. But how do you have a legacy conversation with a supporter without the awkwardness? Listen to a formulaic approach which is likely to help you in any situation. ------- Do you need some support with your Legacy pla…
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Imagine if you could overcome your fear and become the confident legacy fundraiser you were always destined to be. In this episode I uncover the dark side of being a legacy fundraiser, that is never talked about, but is fundamental in your role. ------- Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can help: ✍️ W…
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Episode 18: A chat with Nigel Roberts, Chairperson at Karibuni Children - a client case study
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Think your charity is too small and under-resourced to develop a legacy strategy? Then listen to how a Board of Trustees from a volunteer - led Charity started a legacy programme. With some help and guidance from me. ------- Do you need some support with your Legacy plans? Here are some of the ways that I can help: ✍️ Write or review your current L…
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