Lisa Mangan

Awareness weeks are a much over-used tactic by charities keen to focus fundraising, campaigning and communications efforts across their organisation, but how effective are they and what can be done to improve their chances of success? Start by asking yourselves a fundamental question. What can an awareness week do to deliver against our organisational strategic […]

Be prepared and charity communications crises will be a lot easier to deal with. Communications consultant Lisa Mangan offers her top tips on comms in a crisis I’ve yet to work for a charity that hasn’t experienced some kind of crisis, and undoubtedly those who have faired best were the most prepared. Here are some […]

Freelance media trainer and communications consultant Lisa Mangan wants us to try new things  As Einstein once said, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So my challenge to anyone reading this is try doing things differently. Here are some ideas: Swap press teams for a day with […]

Effective employee engagement unites an organisation, says Forster's Lisa Mangan  It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person working for a charity must be passionate about what they do. Of course this passion waxes and wanes from time to time as it does for all people regardless of their profession; top stylists have bad […]