The final episode of Contribute More | Zac Parsons

What key skills do charity professionals need to stay relevant and effective? What have you learned from working with podcast guests? Should charity professionals have communications training as part of their onboarding process?
In this final episode, the tables are turned and Zac gets interviewed by Rebecca Dallimore. Rebecca was the Chair of Trustees for the Charity Professional Development Company and is the Corporate Liaison Officer with SEED Madagascar.
You can find out more about Rebecca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccadallimore/
And you can stay in touch with Zac on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwparsons/
// REFLECTION
A request that you continue to try to contribute more to your cause.
// RESOURCES
Rapoport's Rules https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Rapoport%27s_Rules
Organisations that support charities:
Charity Learning Consortium https://charitylearning.org/
CharityConnect https://www.charityconnect.co.uk/
Cornerstone Foundation https://www.cornerstoneondemand.org/
Cranfield Trust https://www.cranfieldtrust.org/
Directory of Social Change https://www.dsc.org.uk/
Ethical Angel https://www.ethicalangel.com/
The Fore https://thefore.org/
Getting on Board https://www.gettingonboard.org/
Matchable https://wearematchable.com/
Media Trust https://mediatrust.org/
NCVO https://www.ncvo.org.uk/
NPC https://www.thinknpc.org/
Philanthropy University https://www.philanthropyu.org/
Pilotlight https://www.pilotlight.org.uk/
Rogare https://www.rogare.net/
TrustLaw https://www.trust.org/trustlaw/
The Whole Story https://www.thewholestory.org.uk/

Journals focusing on the charity sector:
Nonprofit Management & Leadership https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15427854/homepage/productinformation.html
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly https://journals.sagepub.com/home/nvs
Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/26911361
Philanthropy & Education https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/833
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations https://www.springer.com/journal/11266
Voluntary Sector Review https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/vsr/vsr-overview.xml?tab_body=latest-issue
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(0:00) Intro
(1:40) Why is the Contribute More podcast ending?
(3:50) What key skills do charity professionals need to stay relevant and effective?
(5:27) How can charity professionals stay on top of growing their skillset with limited time and skills?
(9:07) What have you learned from working with podcast guests?
(12:07) Were all of your guests addressing the barriers of time and money?
(13:36) Is there anything you want to explore further following hosting the podcast?
(16:41) Should charity professionals have communications training as part of their onboarding process?
(19:10) Should charity professionals be asking for professional development to be written into employment contracts?
(30:10) Zac gets on his soapbox about unrestricted funding
(23:26) Outro
(25:03) Reflection