Stewardship matters for a simple reason - when we value our stakeholders, society, future generations, environment, they will look after us. The way your charity engages with your stakeholders to create a long-term value and sustainable benefits is one of the critical elements to fulfil your charitable purposes. This session explores effective and creative stewardship techniques and ideas that your charity may implement to manage various relationships and resources in your charity.

ESG has largely been of little concern to charities. The majority of charities pay little attention to issues on environmental sustainability especially when their operating mission is unrelated to environmental sustainability. Does an environmental sustainability agenda run counter to a charity’s social and governance goals? This topic will bring clarity to the critical ESG issues that impact how charities conduct themselves in all three areas of ESG.

As Charity board oversees the strategic plan and chart the overall direction for the organisation, the board ensures the cause and mission remain relevant to all the stakeholders; - stewardship. What attributes to an effective board for a future proof Charity? How should the Charity look at board succession, renewal, talent acquisition and diversity?

Technology can be an enabler to a charity’s mission; on the other hand, technology can disable when it excludes non-users. For many charities in the business of care, how might technology sufficiently address the human empathy while enabling an increase in manpower capacity? For charities whose dominant mission is to enable human flourishing, what is the impact of technological rationality? This workshop will discuss how might charities preserve their overarching human values in the push towards digitization and digital transformation.

We hear stories and reports of fundraising success using Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) locally and abroad. But what is NFT? How is it related cryptocurrencies? Are NFTs and cryptocurrencies investible assets? What do charities need to know about NFTs and cryptocurrencies? What sort of skills, expertise, system and financial capacities would be needed for charities to navigate the cryptocurrency world while retaining and maintaining high accountability and transparency to our communities? This session seeks to answer these questions to keep charities informed and up to date on crypto and digital assets.