PAST WEBINARS 2023

LINKS TO RECORDINGS OF ALL PAST WEBINARS ARE AVAILABLE FREE FOR CURRENT SUPPORTERS OF THE INCLUDE A CHARITY CAMPAIGN AND THEIR STAFF.


IAC/Legacy Futures Research Findings: Boomers and Beyond (29 November 2023)

Ashley Rowthorn and Jon Franklin from Legacy Futures joined IAC’s Helen Beeby to discuss new research on Boomers and Gen X, and what the current trends for these generations mean for the Gift in Wills market. Legacy Futures estimates that the total Australian GIW market was $1.6bn in 2022 and predicts that it will triple in size by 2050.

Link to the Webinar recording.

Boomers and Beyond – Presentation Slides


IAC Exchange: IAC Week 2023 Show & Tell (22 November 2023)

After another successful IAC Week, we hosted this meeting to share the campaign stats from the IAC team and our Marcomms partner WE Communications. We also heard from some IAC members as they shared the results of their own IAC Week campaigns.

Link to the Webinar recording.

Presentation: Building an Internal Buy-in Strategy with Cristina Caamano (RFDSSE) 

Presentation: Gifts Acceptance Policy with Sharon Wangman (St Vincent de Paul Society)


Training Day: Ethics and Buy-In: Strengthening policies and cross-team support in gifts in Wills (25 October 2023)

IAC were joined by representatives from RFDS SE Section, MS Plus Ltd, Guide Dogs and St Vincent de Paul Society, as well as special guest Bill Edgar aka The Coffin Confessor. Sessions included Building an internal Buy-in Strategy, Gifts Acceptance Policy and a panel session on Ethics Policy.

Link to the Webinar recording.


Lunch and Learn: Bequest Assist Research (20 September 2023)

Include a Charity commissioned the in-depth research piece with the top-flight estate administration firm Bequest Assist because they have a shared goal: to increase gifts in Wills giving in Australia and serve the charitable sector. Here are the top takeaways from the report and how you can utilise it within your broader organisation and in seeking fundraising budget investment.

Link to the Webinar recording.


IAC Roadshow: What we know about gifts in Wills & the future of gifts in Wills (8 September 2023)

As part of our annual IAC Roadshow, Dr Claire Routley and Ashley Rowthorn from Legacy Futures presented this extensive webinar discussing significant trends and data about the present and future of the gifts in Wills market.

Link to the Webinar recording.


IAC Week 2023 Member Overview (14 June 2023)

Include a Charity Week is from September 4-10 this year and we have a stellar line up of events, publicity, collateral and member assets being produced and developed right now. To assist you with your IAC Week campaign delivery, and to hear more on what this year’s concept is all about, we hosted this member overview event where you’ll be able to hear about our exciting plans for the week as well as hear from our partners WE Communications. The build up to the week will begin in August as we rollout some of the videography work and interview pieces and images on socials.

Include a Charity Communications presentation – WE Communications


IAC Training Day: Building & Growing: Successful Acquisition Models for a gifts in Wills program (24 May 2023)

Even if you’re starting a gifts in Will program from scratch, or growing an existing one, we all know we need to keep searching for new bequest prospects. In this inspiring IAC Training Day we talk to some of the gifts in Wills greats – Bethan Hazell from Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Stewart Orchard, Harvey Spikin and Shesh Panneerselvam from the Salvation Army VIC team – about how they find new blood, and ‘what’s hot and what’s not’ while you’re doing it. We’ll also hear from estates solicitor Jack Conway, from our venue host Aitken Partners and a donor or two on why they’ve chosen the causes they have in their Wills.

‘Peter Mac’s GIW Acquisition & Lead Gen Activities Slides- Bethan Hazell 

Building and growing acquisition – Stewart Orchard, Harvey Spikin and Shesh Panneerselvam

Issues for charities in bequests and estates: a lawyer’s perspective​- Jack Conway


IAC Benchmarking Webinar (10 May 2023)

Thank you to all the members who completed the benchmarking survey – we greatly value your feedback and commitment to the sector. The benchmarking report offers a critical understanding of how we are building gifts in Wills fundraising, moving forward in shaping public behavioural change, performing as a sector and convincing our leaders that bequest revenue is highly valuable and vital to our organisations. Please listen to benchmarking specialist and fundraising metrics analyst Karen Armstrong FFIA from More Impact to present this year’s findings on gifts in Wills benchmarking data. Here we unpacked the insightful benchmarking survey results and interpretations for the gifts in Wills landscape to share with your wider organisations and continue your case for support.

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IAC Benchmarking Webinar Slide Deck – Karen Armstrong


IAC Exchange Webinar – Language Academy (26 April 2023)

As bequest fundraisers, we are in the business of creating emotions that will lead to action – leaving a charitable gift in someone’s Will. Yet, there are now so many descriptors for this fundraising area, and with social media adding more alternatives from around the world, it’s potentially becoming confusing for our supporters – and our colleagues. To unpick some of these conundrums and simplify (maybe unify) our messaging we thought it would be a great topic to delve into in our upcoming IAC Exchange session. We’ll throw in polls and breakouts (bring along your marketing material to add to the mix and share with your peers) to develop the conversation and discover whether ‘less is more’, or ‘the more the merrier’…


 Lunch Webinar Summit- How to Increase Consideration (8 February 2023)

This Lunch Webinar Summit will focus on How to Increase Consideration by the public and your audiences to leave a charitable gift in their Will. Karen Armstrong from More Impact will join us to help develop the discussions in key areas that were unearthed from the triennial IAC Campaign Effectiveness Report. This stimulating session will give you the opportunity to discuss with industry peers how we can collectively move the needle on bequest volumes and revenue and sway public and legal opinion on this growth area in fundraising. We will also be joined by special guest Rohani Bixler of Sage Succession Law for a Q&A to finish.

Slide deck – IAC Exchange


Kick-off Webinar: IAC Strategy 2023 Member Survey (18th January 2023)

At the Include a Charity member kick-off meeting for 2023 we will be sharing the results of the IAC Member Survey – and naming the lucky winner of the $100 JB Hi-Fi gift card – as well as going through the Include a Charity Calendar & Strategy Plan for 2023. Register for the webinar now and you’ll be placeholding this year’s inspiration.


IAC Member Training Day: IAC Training Day – One call away-making calls with confidence (31st January 2023)

Do you find calling Gift in Will prospects a bit of a challenge? Choose to head to the kitchen to make another cuppa instead of getting on with it? Hear from telemarketing expert Frances Schepisi about how to make bequest calls with confidence at this exclusive Include a Charity member training event – and turn cold calls into comfort zones.

Slide deck – One Call Away. Making GIW calls with confidence