Linda Allen, Senior Consultant

Linda Allen

“For me, fundraising bridged the critical gap between the professional skills I’d built up in the commercial world and the things that really mattered to me. Now I get to apply those skills to some fantastic causes and know I’m making a real and measurable difference.”

Right now I’m focused on

 “…a new microsite we’ve created for a client in a week, when normally it would take at least six. I’m also helping a unique cancer charity grow its donor programme and develop legacy materials. The people are amazing, the cancer care centres they create are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. I’m coaching their donor development team to help them establish and develop their own fundraising skills to benefit both them and their organisation. I also have a knotty brief from another charity on the table – I get a lot of satisfaction out of digging to the bottom of a brief like this strategically, getting the timings to work and taking the stress away from my client.”

 

Read Linda’s posts…

How I got to THINK

“DM passed the ‘Marmite test’ for me 20 years ago – I Ioved the creativity, making things happen, measuring the results. After honing my skills in the commercial arena for 10 years I needed a change. Discovering fundraising was an epiphany as it allowed me to apply my skills to something much more meaningful. This led to over three years as Client Services Director at the UK’s then leading fundraising agency, followed by four years at Dataforce, heading up over 20 charity accounts and doubling that sector’s income for them in three years. My path eventually wound its way to THINK’s door, which felt like coming home.”

 
 ”The support and advice provided by Linda has been second to none and comes extremely highly recommended. Her care, creativity, enthusiasm and attention to detail have been essential in the management and delivery of Maggie’s very successful donor programme.”
Elley Martin,
Donor Development Manager, Maggie’s Centres
 

Talk to me about

  • Powerful and inspiring communications: I can help you develop and execute everything from one-off appeals to complex campaigns.
  • Shaping your individual giving DM programme: including strategy, planning, execution and results analysis.
  • Project managing teams and programs: whether relatively simple or incredibly convoluted, I can make it all come together smoothly.
  • Streamlining your supporter services: reviewing how you process campaign response and advising on whether to outsource.
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