Speakers

We have assembled a team of expert speakers for Digital Leap to give you insight, inspiration and motivation to integrate web 2.0 and social networking into your organisation’s business.

Ted Hart,
CEO, Hart Philanthropic Services Group

Ted Hart is considered one of the foremost experts in both online and traditional fundraising around the world. He is sought after internationally as an inspirational and practical speaker and consultant on topics related to nonprofit strategy and board/volunteer development both online and offline.

Hart is author to several published articles, an editor and author of the books, “Major Donors - Finding Big Gifts In Your Database and Online”, “Nonprofit Internet Strategies Best Practices for Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Success” Fundraising On The Internet: The ePhilanthropy Foundation.Org’s Guide To Success Online, a contributing author to Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising Second Edition and his new book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities

Alan Clayton,
Director of Innovation, The Good Agency

Alan is Director of Innovation at The Good Agency, the marketing and communications agency for ‘good causes’. Alan is a challenging and exciting thinker, writer and international speaker on fundraising trends, management and innovations.

He has worked on strategy and creative with over 100 clients in the UK and overseas, won a basketful of awards and was in the top ten in Professional Fundraising’s “Most Influential People in Fundraising” 2008.

Richie Jones,
Founder and Creative Technology Director, Yucca UK

Richie has over 10 years of working in all areas of the internet as we know it, from a technical build level through to the conception of key online strategies with big brands.

He founded Yucca, a full service Digital Agency that works with large brands solving their online challenges through the use of Yucca designed websites, SEO, PPC, eCRM and Affiliate Marketing. He is well known for his all-enveloping passion for technology..
Throughout the lifecycle of each project Richie is in direct contact for all of Yuccas clients. This helps define upfront, by using technology creatively, how Yucca can deliver for their business.

Richie’s key asset is his ability to identify relevant technology trends and applying them in unique and creative ways. A couple of Richie’s ideas have even had patents applied for.

Robert McAllen,
Programme Manager, Blackbaud Europe

Robert McAllen is the Programme Manager for Blackbaud’s European operation. In this role, he helps determine new product offering potential and works as a liaison between Blackbaud’s products team and the European marketplace. He has worked in the Not for Profit sector with Blackbaud for the past 10 years and has worked with hundreds of Not for Profits in creating, executing and improving processes and procedures as well as general software optimisation. He has worked with The Raiser’s Edge in a variety of roles for the past nine years and has first-hand experience with implementing, delivering and supporting the solution. He was also previously principal consultant in the UK for The Information Edge ™ and Blackbaud (r) NetCommunity ™.

Mr. McAllen is a graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University, where he earned an honours degree in Marketing and Communications

Reuben Turner,
Creative Director, The Good Agency

Reuben is creative director of the Good Agency. With a long (…ish, he’s still under 40) background in direct marketing, Reuben specialises in fundraising, campaigning and branding for good causes. He believes every good cause has an inspiring story to tell, and thinks that digital offers charities new and cost-effective ways to tell them.

You can find him on Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Facebook. He’s on LinkedIn too but isn’t quite sure what it’s for. He has at least five email accounts and was once interviewed by Terry Wogan.

Beth Granter,
Social Media Marketer, Twentyfirst

Beth writes a popular blog about online communities and usability (http://bethgranter.com), is a member of Technorati’s Blog Critics, an Associate of the Research Centre for Material Digital Culture at the University of Sussex, and is in the top 1% of all Twitter users according to Twitter Grader.

Roger Jones,
Head of Digital, The Good Agency and Twentyfirst

Roger is a sales and marketing professional with a passion for all things digital. He delivered his first site in 2001 and has designed and developed every technological articulation since; from text-and-win and brochureware to the latest in web 2.0 and geo-tagging technology. At the moment Roger is really interested in the social media conversation and bespoke community creation. He has lectured the at the http://www.isp.org.uk/ , been a guest speaker with http://www.dma.org.uk and an active member of http://measurementcamp.wikidot.com/

Roger loves everything about: Welsh Rugby, Mountain biking, Chelsea FC. and Rosie

Henry Stokes,
Digital Consultant, Circus Street

Henry has 11 years experience in the media industry, and is former group account director at WPP’s Mindshare Digital, where he worked on Nike, IBM and American Express. Henry has been planning and buying media for over 8 years and has an intimate knowledge of developing both brand and direct response campaigns.