Campfire Community Blog
Performance Discussions - how can we make them more human?
You know it’s nearly time and you’ve been dreading it. You need to have a performance discussion with one of your team members and you know it’s going to be difficult for you. And them.
You can't whistle a symphony
“You can’t whistle a symphony. You need the whole orchestra”. H.E. Luccock
I miss live music. Lockdowns have left me craving the thrill of being in a live audience with the music about to start. Just a few weeks ago I watched my son play in his university orchestra. During a lively moment in Mendelssohn’s violin concerto the conductor got so excited she dropped her baton into the cello section. Without missing a beat, the orchestra continued playing.
Google Alerts are an easy way to track the news on key donors
Do you keep an eye on the obituaries to ensure key donors or prospects are not amongst those listed as having passed away?
7 things keeping corporate CEOs awake at night
Last year I had nights when I struggled to sleep. My head touching the pillow was the starting gun for my entire To Do List leaping into action. Urgent things poked and prodded my brain. It was like being in goal with 200 Ronaldos lined up for a penalty shot.
Tips for communicating a restructure
While the long-term impacts of COVID continue to unfold, we are already seeing organisations having to review their strategies and the reality of their goals and aspirations, and respond to significant changes in both supply and demand - all of which affects jobs. Sadly, restructuring and downsizing is happening more frequently.
Five common mistakes in your first meeting with a corporate prospect
First dates are tough. Should it be casual or dressy? How do I make a good impression? The first meeting with a prospective corporate partner can be just as daunting. Plus, there’s the added pressure from your boss to hurry up and bring in more partnership income.
Humanising Strategy to Survive and Thrive
People make strategy happen. Not the words in PowerPoint templates or the posters on company walls. And today, more than ever, it’s time to rethink your perspective on strategy from a business process to a fundamentally human one.
Punctuating ‘however’
‘However’ is similar in meaning to ‘but’, with a longer pause built in. What’s tricky is that ‘however’ isn’t interchangeable with ‘but’, and it’s punctuated differently. In fact, punctuating the word ‘however’ is about the most common problem we see as editors.
Millennials are the unlikely allies of corporate-community partnerships
Millennials. Latte sipping, avocado munchers or resilient social justice warriors? People born between 1977 and 1994 have been the classic tabloid villains, portrayed as selfish and a general drain on society. "
Human centred design brings together people, possibilities and creativity.
This year’s global pandemic has changed the world in ways that none of us could have imagined. For those of us that have been fortunate to continue to work, it has accelerated our understanding of remote working options like nothing has before.
