‘Smart’ Fundraising: The Dawn of a New Era?
Colin Habberton GivenGain Foundation
IFC Workshop Netherlands
22 October 2015
Introduction
• GivenGain Foundation
- Social Fundraising Platform
• Global Reach
- Launched 2001 (2009 & 2015)
- 1800+ Causes Worldwide
- 50+ Countries
- 10,000+ Projects & Campaigns
- 8000+ Activists (Peer to Peer)
- 110,000+ Donors
- 180+ Countries
Introduction
GivenGain
GivenGain
GivenGain
Stellenbosch
Cape Town
Session Overview
• ‘Smart' phones, cities, cars...the common feature that makes them smart is that they are all: "intelligent, connected and have the ability to
sense, process, report, and take corrective action”
• Can fundraising live up to these characteristics? • As the world changes, and the things that people
and companies consume, causes and their need for funds compete for time, attention and support.
• This session will look at what it takes to be 'smart’ and how fundraisers may be the best equipped to do it.
Session Objective
What I hope you will walk away with today: • Some insight into harnessing the change
taking place around us all. • How technology, access to information and
an open mind are keys to success in the connected, converging world we all live in.
• A little inspiration for us, fundraisers, to recognise our strengths and maximise our efforts and impact.
Smart?
Smart?
‘Smart’: A New Era?
“…intelligent, connected and have the ability to sense, process, report, and take
corrective action…”
(Frost & Sullivan, May 2014)
Smart Devices?
Smart Homes?
1. Internet of Me – Personalised World
2. Outcome Economy – Digital/Physical Blur
3. Intelligent Enterprise – Smart Decisions & Delivery
4. Workforce Reimagined – Workforce to Crowdsource
5. Platform (R)evolution – Harnessing Hyperscale
(Source: Accenture Technology Vision 2015 )
Megatrends of our Era
Megatrends of our Era
: (Adapted: Piketty, 2014: Capital in the 21st Century)
Megatrends of our Era
: (Adapted: Piketty, 2014: Capital in the 21st Century)
Megatrends of our Era
: (Adapted: Piketty, 2014: Capital in the 21st Century)
Our Global Challenges
How ‘Smart’ are we?
”…intelligent, connected and have the ability to
sense, process, report, and take corrective action…”
(Frost & Sullivan, May 2014)
Intelligent…?
Ability to sense..?
take corrective action?
Are you connected…?
Source: h+p://wearesocial.sg/blog/2014/11/internet-‐users-‐pass-‐3-‐billion/
Are we connected…?
:
The Ultimate Device
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/
…Sense, Process…
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid
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frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Are you intelligent…?
…Sense, Process…
Our Uniqueness
• Ability to colonize new habitats on a global scale
• Learning and teaching techniques
• Theory of mind & spirit • Language and symbolism • Immortalized communications • Flexible behavior and thinking • Children helping parents to
work and raise younger children • Emotional crying accompanied
by tears Source: http://www.metaprimate.com/
…Sense, Process…
“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with
their own hearts.”
(Albert Einstein)
Report & Correct
• Top 1% own 48% of the worlds’ wealth
• 4 billion live outside the protection of law
• 3 billion people live in poverty calculated @ >R30 per day
• 2.6 billion people have inadequate sanitation
• 1.1 billion limited access to water
• 27 million+ slaves in the world today!
But, who cares?
Report & Correct
The answer?
‘Smart’ Fundraising?
You are: “…intelligent, connected and
have the ability to sense, process, report, and take
corrective action…”
Believe in Good!
‘Smart’ Fundraising: The Dawn of a New Era?
Colin Habberton GivenGain Foundation
IFC Workshop Netherlands
22 October 2015