Partnerships ONE INDUSTRY… ONE CAUSE · 80% of what a child learns is processed through their...
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PartnershipsONE INDUSTRY… ONE CAUSE
Leigh Cleave FFIA CFREGlobal Director of Development Optometry Giving Sight
Fundraising Director Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation
Optometry Giving Sight is a global fundraising initiative that raises funds from the optometric community for sustainable eye care services for people who are unnecessarily blind or
vision impaired due to uncorrected refractive error.
Vision 2020:The Right to Sight
A world in which nobody is needlessly visually impaired, where those with unavoidable vision loss can achieve their full potential
More than 1.22 billion people are unnecessarily blind or vision impaired due to refractive error – so simply because they don't have access to an eye examination
and a pair of glasses.
90% of avoidable blindness occurs in the developing world
80% of what a child learns is processed through their visual system.When it comes to visual impairment in children aged 5 -15, an estimated
12.8 million cases are due to uncorrected or inadequately corrected refractiveerrors, which can easily be corrected with …
The Founders
Professor Brien A. Holden OAM1942 - 2015
Brien who?
2003 – what a year!
….donations to Optometry Giving Sight help fund the solution
We have a Member Motivator funding model1
1 Stanford Social Innovation Review: Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
Funding motivation: Collective interest
Most of the benefits have a group orientation (for example, religious services or hiking), creating an inherent collective community to tap into for fundraising.
Fundraising tools: Membership, Fees, Special events, Major gifts, Direct mail
“Charity of Choice” for the Global Optical Industry
One industry =
Global =
No exclusivity =
Corporate Partnerships =Marriage
Identification - Cultivation - Solicitation - Stewardship
Identification
Small town means no secrets!
Benefits• Backing of the industry leaders• Automatic synergy• Expectations are set• Global network• Relatively safe industry• Gatekeeper is not often in CSR
Identification
Small town means no secrets!
Challenges• Easy to forgo due diligence• Language, culture and currency differences• Influence• Partner choices affected by industry opinions• Whole industry can be affected by external change• Founders ….can be forgotten
Cultivation
Benefits• Close-knit industry• Strong brand recognition & credibility• Close to the cause• Speak the lingo• Strongly aligned objectives• Expectations• Become part of a club
When your partner gets along too well with your
parents
Cultivation
Challenges• Competing objectives of stakeholders• Relationship development• Preconceptions• Industry politics• Global committees• Logistics• CSR looking outside of industry• Lack of localised projects
When your partner gets along too well with your
parents
Solicitation
Benefits• Agree partnerships terms• Sign MOU• Trust with deliverables• Global programs• Easy access to industry
publications and ad space
Don’t forget the pre-nup!
Solicitation
Challenges• Offering unique benefits• Specified fund management• Finance: Taxation and currency
exchanges• Optometrists move around• Partner too close to the program • Global consistency
Don’t forget the pre-nup!
You throw a big party
Stewardship
Benefits• Industry experts value work• Longstanding partnerships with leaders• Speaking the same language
Challenges• Making the work seem exciting• Content: head vs heart• Geography & budget• Experts• Not a service provider - fundraising
middleman• Confusion implementing partners• Membership Motivator - retirement
How to say those three words
Keeping the romance alive
Renewal
Benefits• Partnership likely to roll over
Challenges• Asking for more• Industry growth• Emotion • Ambition
Current state: Corporate Partnerships
• International Development - Corporate support –stagnant or going down: Australia = down by 11%
• No longer happy with unrestricted support• Growing expectations of support for corporates – resourcing Corporate
Program• Rise & rise of CSR - Key contacts were typically execs/presidents• Company mergers: Essilor taking over Luxottica, means market gets smaller• Companies start their own foundation – OneSight• Employee engagement is challenging – international projects• Funders want more of a say in the service delivery
Secrets to a good marriage…partnership…trust
• Communication ….listen & share• Plan and dream … together• Commit…… to best practice• Don’t rely on assumptions – need due diligence!• Respect • Work out your value proposition• Stop and take some time out
Business Model Canvas (BMC)Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur
Angela Cluff & Bernard Ross The Management Centre UK
• Key partners• Key Activities• Key Resources• Value Proposition• Customer Relationships• Distribution Channels• Customer Segments• Cost• Revenues
managementcentre.co.uk
• Developing a Business Model Canvas• Defining your value proposition
Future state