Digital is everything. It can save us time and money, increase donations and grow our impact. To stay relevant our charities must embark on a journey to digital maturity.
Digital leadership is arguably the most essential component for driving digital transformation. Charity leaders, from trustees and CEOs to senior management teams, must be brave, bold, open to change and enthusiastic about taking risks. They must be forward-thinking, understand how digital can help the charity achieve its goals and not be afraid to make changes to achieve this.
At this Heads of Digital meeting, we explored what makes a great digital leader, the barriers to digital maturity, and how we can educate and empower our charity leaders to pave the way for culture change in the digital age.
Resources
- Tool: The Charity Digital Code of Practice
- Training: Third Sector Digital Leaders Programme
- Website with useful resources: Digital Leaders
- Guidance: Making digital work: 12 questions for trustees to consider
- Thought leadership resources: Zoe Amar Digital
Presentations
3 things I’ve learned about digital leaders – Zoe Amar, director, Zoe Amar Digital
Digital transformation at Parkinson’s UK – Steve Ford, CEO, Parkinson’s UK
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About the Heads of Digital
This networking group is exclusively for heads of digital working in UK charities and not-for-profits with a turnover of more than £2 million.
The format of the evening is networking followed by round-table discussion, led by our excellent facilitators, feeding into the group as a whole.
The group meets three times a year to discuss strategic issues facing digital leads at large charities. The group is designed to encourage networking and peer-to-peer support, sharing issues in a ‘safe’ and relaxed environment.
Exclusive to heads of digital/digital leads working in UK charities and not-for-profits with a turnover of more than £2 million (CharityComms charity members only)
If you’d like to be one of the first to hear about these events please contact Vanessa Weddell to be added to the Heads of Digital mailing list.
About Addition by WPN>Chameleon
Addition by WPN>Chameleon sponsors the CharityComms Heads of Digital group. A digital product studio with an emphasis on collaboration, at Addition we believe that by combining our skills, imagination, creativity, knowledge, rigour and commitment with yours, together we can make digital products that drive income, reach audiences, tell stories and change minds. They are products that make a difference.
If you’d like to talk to them about any of their services, please email hi@addition.london, call 020 7332 6360 or visit their website to find out more.
Next Heads of Digital event
Taking a digital approach to new product development and service design (5 February 2019)