Dee Brecker – choosing your next role; recruitment; diversity & inclusion; not ‘bringing your whole self to work’; networking; fundraising; strategy; consultants; coaching; and more. (#2)

Charity Impact

“Unless you can show and evidence that you are a truly inclusive organisation, you do not have the right to ask someone to bring their ‘whole self’ to work.”

Dee Brecker is currently Deputy Director of High Value Fundraising at Guys and St Thomas’ Charity. Dee has previously held senior roles in philanthropy, fundraising and communications at a range of interesting organisations including the LSE, Carers UK, Sense and the Department of Health. Dee’s also been a trustee, a chair, a consultant and is a qualified coach.

I know Dee because we’ve worked together a couple of times directly and because we try to stay in touch when we’re not working together. I see Dee as an excellent fundraiser and relationship builder, importantly an organisational navigator, a thinker, strategist and an articulate communicator.

Dee has some great insights to share. We discuss recruitment, from both sides; working in and across organisations of differing sizes; diversity and inclusion – finding the confidence to speak up, demonstrate diversity in leadership and fighting to recruit more diverse teams; the benefits of informal catch ups with peers; asking beneficiaries to donate; strategy development; working with consultants and agencies; facilitation; and coaching.

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This Podcast is brought to you by KEDA Consulting, which provides strategic consultancy support to charities. KEDA is led by Alex Blake who works as a management consultant, specifically for charities and non-profits in the UK, with the aim of maximising social impact. We help charities to be as effective as possible in delivering their charitable objectives through developing strategy and plans; securing funding; undertaking reviews; and a range of other consulting projects involving research, analysis, facilitation and reporting.

The purpose of the Charity Impact podcast is to learn more about how effective charities and individuals achieve social change or social impact. This podcast is for anyone who wants to make a difference, but particularly those who are working for social change / impact; including charity trustees, CEOs, staff, volunteers, advisors, philanthropists and public service professionals.