How Hard Can it Be?

Send us Fan Mail We’re delighted to be joined by Tim Dolan , CEO, University of Hawai’i Foundation and Vice President of Advancement at the University of Hawaii , for a conversation about what fundraising looks like when relationships are at the heart of every major gift. Tim makes a thoughtful case for listening as one of the core disciplines of major gift fundraising: understanding what donors c...

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, we’re joined by Anna Marsden, Managing Director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, and one of Australia’s most compelling voices in purpose-driven fundraising. In this conversation, Anna shares what it really takes to inspire generosity at scale: how to bring donors on the journey, build trust, and turn urgency into action. It’s a thoughtful, honest look a...

Send us Fan Mail We are delighted to welcome Yvonne Zammit to this episode. Yvonne is an arts and non profit strategist and practitioner with over 18 years' experience in raising funds for some of Australia's leading arts companies including Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia. Most recently, Yvonne was Executive Director of the Powerhouse Museum Capital Campaign where she was...

Send us Fan Mail We are delighted to welcome Louise Walsh to this episode of How Hard Can It Be .  Louise is founder and CEO of Walsh Capital, a bespoke, third-party capital raising business based in Sydney. Before launching Walsh Capital in 2021, Louise was the CEO of the Future Generation companies where she grew Australian stock exchange listed funds by $1 billion dollars in assets in just six...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we’re thrilled to speak with Louise Baxter, CEO and Executive Director of the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Louise began her career in marketing in the corporate sector, transferring to the non profit world in 2001.  She’s had over 17 year’s experience with Starlight and has been leading the organisation since 2009. Louise steered Starlight through the immediate...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest for this episode is the wonderful Kenneth Watkins AM, Philanthropy Director at The Australian Ballet and probably one of Australia’s best known fundraisers in the arts. He has worked tirelessly for the Ballet for more than 30 years, 17 of those as a member of the Executive team.  During this time, he has made a strong contribution to the vision, values and strategic obje...

Send us Fan Mail We are delighted to welcome John Richardson as our guest for our first episode.  John has been a member of the Art Gallery of New South Wales executive team since 2014. He played a pivotal role in the success of the Sydney Modern Capital Campaign which raised over $150 million towards the stunning Naala Badu building.  In his early career, John worked in at Back Row Productions an...