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'Stickiness' - making your ideas powerful and memorable
How to sell your ideas with SUCCESS
Developing personal presence
How to make a powerful and memorable impact in groups
Dealing with the silo problem
Tips and tools newsletter: Dealing with the silo problem, March 2008
Project Planning Tools
Tips and tools: Project Planning, January 2008
The Manchester Museum: delivering measurable benefits
Case study example of =mc's work in organisational integration and joined up working
How technology is changing charity
=mc's digital partner Richard McPherson reveals in an interview about the digital world in which fundraisers must now operate
Featured case study
Find out how =mc are helping the Fairtrade Foundation to grow their talent.
Innovation roles for managers
Tips and tools: Innovation, November 2007
Developing international NGO staff at Plan International
Case study example of =mc's work in INGO management development
Driving innovation and knowledge management at the NSPCC
Case study example of =mc's work in innovation and knowledge management
Plan International: developing international NGO staff
Case study example of =mc's tailored workshop for INGOs
Sleeping with the enemy... when do you take the money?
Tips and tools: Fundraising, September 2007
Management Survival Guide 2007-8
Help is here! Access a range of practical downloads to help change the way you work...
Management Survival Guide 2007-8: Postcard Collection
Download a selection of postcards from the Management Survival Guide 200-8
Emotional Intelligence
Find out how Emotional Intelligence can help you feel confident and in control in challenging situations.
Development boards
15 strategies to make the gain worth more than the pain.
Giving and receiving feedback
Find out how to motivate and develop staff by giving the right feedback.
Handling challenging questions
Access useful strategies for dealing with challenging questions during presentations.
Balancing the urgent and important
Learn how to be more effective with time management.
Intelligent leadership
Find out how to balance supportive and directive styles of leadership.
Levels of authority in delegation
Use the art of delegation for more effective project management.
Developing a values-led culture at the National Trust for Scotland
Case study example of =mc's work in organisational development
Rethinking strategy at UNICEF
Case study example of =mc's work in strategy development
Management Solutions
=mc's open programmes for management training.
Communicating your strategy with the Elevator Pitch
Discover a range of approaches to communicate your strategy effectively
Building rapport
Understand the other party's preferences to gain your desired result
Big ideas for fundraisers no.1
Achieve integration with the Balanced Scorecard
Amnesty International: taking charge of change
Case study example of =mc's work in change management
Big ideas for fundraisers no.2
Evaluate your portfolio with Boston's Matrix
Big ideas for fundraisers no.3
Define your strategic direction with Ansoff's Matrix
Big ideas for fundraisers no.4
Decide if your new fundraising approach will be successful
Big ideas for fundraisers no.5
Use Multiple Intelligences to understand what techniques work for different donors.
Big ideas for fundraisers no.6
Assess major donor prospects with =mc's Prospect Assessment Grid
Mindworks series
A new series of one-day programmes to improve your communications effectiveness.
The National Arts Fundraising School
The UK's most comprehensive fundraising programme for arts and cultural organisations
Success stories
Read a collection of testimonials from =mc training programmes.
British Red Cross: Evaluation of the Tsunami Hardship Fund
Case study example of =mc's work in organisational review and evaluation
Managing change - the Wild West model
Tips and tools: Managing Change, February 2007
