N Gow
Manager, Fundraising and Events
Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy
 

Firstly, I would like to express my deepest thanks to ASI for giving me the opportunity to attend the Fundraising Skills 1 course.  Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy is a small charity with little or no budget for professional development so if it wasn’t for ASI, I wouldn’t have had a chance to complete this important training session. 

Skills 1 was a fantastic learning opportunity and I have gained new fundraising skills which can be put into place immediately on my return to the office.  In fact, my ‘to-do’ list has increased dramatically, which is a good thing !!!  As well as new skills, I also have refreshed ideas about how we currently do things.  I also met a great bunch of fellow fundraising professionals and we shared ideas of what works and what doesn’t work within our industry.

The course covered topics which include bequests, donor development, special events, legislation and ethics, donor database management and direct marketing and was presented by experienced leading members of the fundraising industry.  We also worked in groups on a case study which we presented to a panel on conclusion of the course, this was a wonderful way to test our new skills & knowledge.

Thank you to the Fundraising Institute of Australia for presenting such a varied and interesting training session.  And again, thank you to the ASI scholarship program for giving me the chance to attend.  This course will definitely improve the fundraising efforts of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, which will in turn raise more funds and allow more disadvantaged people the chance to enrich their lives via the power of music therapy.

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