Presented on Monday 2 November at NCVO/BWB Trustee Conference 2015.
Megan Griffith Gray, NCVO; Patrick Nash, Connect Assist; Kay Boycott, Asthma UK and Laila Takeh,Raising IT
Digital should transform your organisation - the role of trustees in leading change.
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Digital should transform your organisation - the role of trustees in leading change
1. Organised by: Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:
AM4: DIGITAL SHOULD TRANSFORM YOUR
ORGANISATION - THE ROLE OF TRUSTEES IN
LEADING CHANGE
CHAIR:
MEGAN GRIFFITH GRAY, HEAD OF DIGITAL
AND COMMUNICATIONS, NCVO
SPEAKERS:
PATRICK NASH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONNECT
ASSIST
KAY BOYCOTT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ASTHMA UK
LAILA TAKEH, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER,
RAISING IT
Drinks sponsor:
2. WHY THIS SESSION?
• …can transform services
• …can better meet (changing) user needs
• …can increase efficiency
• …can open up new income streams
Digital is…
• …not a subset of ‘communications’
• …not a channel
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DIGITAL…
3. Tech puts power into people’s hands
and has the potential to change
both attitudes and lives
3
Nigel Kershaw, Big Issue, Executive
Chairman
(from The New Reality)
4. You don’t have to do it the way
you’ve always done it – there’s
better, quicker, cheaper options to
look at
4
Senior spokesperson, GDS
(from The New Reality)
5. This is Service transformation –
partly enabled by digital - not digital
transformation
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Sarah Prag, Digital transformation coach
(from The New Reality)
6. Is digital just a better way of
communicating? Or are there more
fundamental issues about power,
ownership, decision-making,
participation and co-production?
6
Steve Ford, CEO, Parkinson’s UK
(from The New Reality)
8. Organised by:
Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:PATRICK NASH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONNECT
ASSIST
KAY BOYCOTT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ASTHMA
UK
9. Organised by:
Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:PATRICK NASH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONNECT
ASSIST
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
WHAT GETS IN THE WAY
HOW CAN TRUSTEES
RESPOND
11. WHAT IS DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION?
Digital transformation refers to the changes
associated with the application of digital
technology in all aspects of human society
It means that digital usages inherently enable new
types of innovation and creativity in a particular
domain, rather than simply enhance and support
the traditional methods
Wikipedia
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12. TYPICAL ANXIETIES
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“Our services don’t lend
themselves to a digital
approach”
“They are too old”
“What if too many
people found out
about us and used
more services?”
“We don’t
have the
money”
“Our service
users aren’t
online”
13. TYPICAL BUT UNHELPFUL APPROACHES
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Digital is just for
communications
and fundraising
We need an app
Digital is another
word for social
media
Digital services don’t
have same impact as
face to face
But mostly charities (and their trustees) find it easier
to focus on digital communications and fundraising
rather than digital services
14. BENEFITS OF DIGITAL SERVICES
1. Digital services are empowering
2. They reach more people
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15. GROWTH THROUGH DIGITAL SERVICES
15
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Phone/Face to face Digital
16. BENEFITS OF DIGITAL SERVICES
1. Digital services are empowering
2. They reach more people
3. Target staff resources at those who most need
them
4. Extend availability of charity (24/7, across
device, etc)
5. Cost reducing without service reducing
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17. WHAT CAN TRUSTEES DO?
1. If you’re not yet open minded, become so
2. Agree and articulate achievable strategic aims
3. Understanding who your service users,
donors, etc. are today and how they behave -
not in the past
4. Seek holistic digital transformation, not point
solutions
5. Take a longer term view to investment in
digital
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18. WHAT’S THE END IN MIND?
Starting point is knowing what you want to do and
who you need to help
Examples that have been successful
• “All our services available in every possible
way”
• “Help 10 times as many people as we help
now”
• “Help people where they are, when they want
help and in the easiest way for them”
• “Getting upstream in people’s lives”
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19. AVOIDING ASSUMPTIONS
And by avoiding assumptions such as
• “The majority of our services users don’t go
online”
• “You cant get proper help on a mobile device”
• “Confidentiality means we cant ask people
their name”
So where has this worked well?
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20. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Pathways to Growth whose purpose was
• To modernise the operation of the charity
• Deliver a ten-fold increase in the number of
service-people, veterans and families supported
annually
Operational objectives
• Deliver a digital platform as the main point of entry
combined with a powerful set of resources and
knowledge
• Create a contact centre to manage second tier
enquiries
• Integrate with 16 Area Offices, all with High Street
presence20
21. TIERED SOLUTION
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Online information, advice, guidance and
services.
Access to 1-1 support via Ask a Question
and Live Chat
1-1 advice by email, Ask a Question, Web
Chat and Phone
Triage to face-to-face services
Face to face services
provided by Area Offices and
Service Centres
22. HOLISTIC SOLUTION
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Key focus on customer experience, feedback, data,
quality framework and a digital approach
5 x increase
in enquiries
70% first
contact
resolution
Membership, service
delivery and Poppy
Appeal integrated for
first time
23. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION GROWTH
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0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
May-13 Aug-13 Nov-13 Feb-14 May-14 Aug-14 Nov-14 Feb-15 May-15
Digital services
Contact centre
26. Organised by:
Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:PATRICK NASH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONNECT
ASSIST
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
WHAT GETS IN THE WAY
HOW CAN TRUSTEES
RESPOND
40. 40
DO YOU AGREE ON THE
STRATEGIC ROLE FOR YOUR
ORGANISATION?
41. SERVICE DELIVERY – BIG WHITE WALL
REACH – NUS
RAISING MONEY - CRUK #NOMAKEUPSELFIE
ENHANCED SUPPORTER EXPERIENCE – MY MACMILLAN
PEER TO PEER SUPPORT – ALZHEIMER FRIENDS
INFRASTRUCTURE – GO ON UK
60. It’s all about leadership. It’s as
simple as that. Simple answer,
difficult solution.
60
Vicky Browning, Director, CharityComms
(from The New Reality)
61. We need leadership that’s playing to
win rather than playing not to lose
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Jon Alexander, New Citizenship Project
(from The New Reality)
62. This is not just a question of
changing skillset. It is a changing of
mindset.
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Vicky Browning, Director, CharityComms
(from The New Reality)
63. FURTHER INFORMATION AND HELP
• The New Reality - thenewreality.info
• Knowhow webinar page
knowhownonprofit.org/organisation/orgdev/digit
al-transformation
• Consult+Assist
www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/trusted-
suppliers/supplier-list/795-consult-and-assist
• Raising IT
www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/trusted-
suppliers/supplier-list/308-raising-it
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Set of questions - raise hands/stand up if ‘yes’
Are you a trustee?
Are you a member of staff?
Does your organisation have a digital strategy?
Do you have a digital expert on your board? (deliberately or not)
Reflection: On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is terrible and 10 is fantastic…
How is your organisation doing in grasping the opportunities of digital now
How far do you think your organisation can move in the next 12 months
How equipped do you feed your trustee board is to lead and support this change?
Patrick is the Chief Executive of Connect Assist. He has worked in the voluntary sector for over 30 years, launching 14 charities, co-operatives and social enterprises. Patrick has worked with many organisations and we’ve invited him to talk about his experience of working with trustees.
Kay is the Chief Executive of Asthma UK and a trustee of Gingerbread. She is leading a change programme at Asthmas UK and we’ve invited her to provide the CEO’s perspective.
Laila is the Chief Marketing Officer at Raising IT. Prior to this she led digital teams at UNICEF UK and the British Heart Foundation. I invited Laila to add something slightly different to this session, something that Boards do think about but often get wrong, and that is KPIs.
Exercise. Take a moment to yourself to think about (and talk to your neighbour):
(If you are a trustee) - what digital KPIs do you receive, and what do you think about them?
(If you a re a member of staff) - what digital KPIs get fed up to the trustees, and what do you think about them?
Reflection: On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is terrible and 10 is fantastic…
How is your organisation doing in grasping the opportunities of digital now
How far do you think your organisation can move in the next 12 months
How equipped do you feed your trustee board is to lead and support this change?