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Conference
The non-profit sector is facing widespread challenges including an uncertain economic environment, managing fundraising and operational costs, and adapting their fundraising techniques in the face of the growing cynicism of the population.
For our July conference, we are holding two consecutive sessions where we will explore the future of fundraising and the practical implementation of technology in the non-profit sector with leaders in this field.
A Week in Conversation With… is a series of roundtable style events inviting inspirational speakers from the charity sector to discuss the future of the sector and all things tech.
Day 1:
Mon 28th February 01:30 pm - 02:30 pm GMT
In the first event, we are joined by Greig Sharman, CTO of NSPCC, who is speaking with the CEO and founder of Alphalake Ai, Olly Cogan, and Customer Success Manager for UK charities and future young charity trustee, Pixie Parker about how to prepare your charity for digital automation.
Day 2:
Tue 1st March 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm GMT
In the second event, we are joined by Ben Holt, the Technology and Futures Innovation lead at the British Red Cross and the Global Lead for Strategic Foresight at the IFRC’s Solferino Academy, who is speaking with our Head of Healthcare Strategy, Clive Flashman, on embedding technology into your organisation and remaining people first.
Day 3:
Wed 2nd March 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm GMT
In the third session, we take a slightly different approach as we are joined by three wonderful speakers, Keith Collins, Principal Consultant from Adapta Consulting, Don Mike, Head of Strategy from Raw London, and a charity partner of Raw London. They will be speaking on the topic of bringing your digital strategy to life.
Keith specialises in helping organisations develop and implement technology and digital strategies, with a particular focus on digital solutions, CRM platforms, and how technology can support improved engagement with supporters, members, volunteers, and staff.
Day 4:
Thu 3rd March 01:30 pm - 02:30 pm GMT
In the fourth event, we are joined by Prostate Cancer UK's Director of Digital and Transformation, Gareth Ellis-Thomas, who is in conversation with Alphalake Ai's Advisor to the Board, Content, and Community, and founder of the AI Journal, Tom Allen, discussing the topic of the importance of knowing your data.
Day 5:
Fri 4th March 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm GMT
In the final event, we are joined by Matt Cockbill, executive search partner for IT, digital, and tech leadership practices at Berwick Partners, and Alphalake Ai's Commercial Director of Healthcare, Jason Cohen, on the topic of the semi-autonomous future and the need for digital leadership.
Greig Sharman is an Executive Director and the Chief Technology Officer for the NSPCC. With a society-wide remit for data, digital and technology, working with the Executive Board and Trustees of the Society, Greig is helping to position digital innovation at the centre of delivering greater reach and impact in the mission to prevent child abuse.
Olly is an enthusiastic and UX-minded technologist who founded Alphalake Ai in 2019 after leading his first startup to revenues of £6.5 million. Spotting future trends is one of his strengths and he spotted early on the role that integrated automation would play in healthcare. He leads the Alphalake AI team to apply better data intelligence and automation to health service operations and CX.
Ben has many years’ experience delivering change in complex organisations. He played a key role in leading digital transformation for humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), working around the world. At Cancer Research UK (CRUK) he span off a ‘social impact lab’ to design new business models to diversify income and routes to impact, working closely with the Google Tech For Good accelerator.
Keith specialises in helping organisations develop and implement technology and digital strategies, with a particular focus on digital solutions, CRM platforms, and how technology can support improved engagement with supporters, members, volunteers, and staff.
Don is a creative strategist who helps brands, charities, non-profits, and startups hit their goals with memorable, meaningful campaigns. He is the Head of Strategy at Raw London, an award-winning strategy and creative agency who exist to change perceptions and drive action.
Aaron works as a Fundraising Officer in the Products Fundraising Team at Mind, the mental health charity. He has a focus on two of Mind’s own fundraising events; 27 27, a student focused running challenge, and Stream for Mind, a campaign engaging people to harness the power of streaming to fight for mental health.
Gareth has a broad range of experience and remit for digital transformation at Prostate Cancer UK but specialises in developing innovative technology solutions to strategic problems and coaching teams through modern ways of working. His work has included leading programmes to develop our services and fundraising products; connecting our data so we understand more about our supporters, and using new tools and processes to improve our efficiency. He is a passionate believer in the power of technology for good and that it’s something that everyone should benefit from.
Zahra is the Head of Customer Success, UK & Ireland at Alphalake Ai. She is passionate about a world of equal opportunities and sustainable development for all, made all the more possible through the power, productivity and efficiency of AI and automation.
Matt and his team specialise in recruiting CIO's, CTO’s, CDO’s and their leadership teams, across all market sectors, often supporting clients with the acquisition of leadership talent from adjacent and competitive markets. Matt also specialises upon searches for Business Change & Transformation Leaders.
Alphalake Ai is a health technology company who are passionate about leveraging technology to bring much-needed efficiency and service improvement to the industry. Through integrated automation and data science, we are working to unify healthcare and free up resources to focus on human care. We started the COVID as a Catalyst for Change series to explore the challenges and the opportunities arising in healthcare during the pandemic. The series brings together industry leaders in the UK and across the world to enable cross-pollination of ideas and sharing of varied approaches to similar issues.