Understanding Roles and Skills

Running head: UNDERSTANDING ROLES AND SKILLS
UNDERSTANDING ROLES AND SKILLS
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1UNDERSTANDING ROLES AND SKILLS
Fundraising events does not mean only raising money but it also fulfills the purpose
of promoting a notable cause and charity. Fundraising is important for charity groups to make
people aware and make them understand about the goals of the organization. This paper talks
about the organization Transparent Hands and the fundraising method that will help the
organization to achieve their goals.
Transparent Hands is a Non-profit organization that funds free surgical and medical
care for the underprivileged class. The main aim of the organization is to raise fund to help
and support the people who deserve proper medical facilities but cannot afford them.
The fund raising event that will be conducted by the organization Transparent Hands
will be a marathon. Recently the NGO Transparent Hands has been dealing with many
patients who have heart diseases and need heart surgeries thus marathon has been chosen as
the ideal event to raise fund as running improves heart health. In order to successfully
conduct the event the team leader needs to choose people who will be best suitable for the
event and people who will have proper skills to run the event successfully.
The people assigned, the work completed by the team leaders and the skills that the
people will need are the following:
Team
Member
Tasks to be completed Skills Needed
1. Team Leader  Organizing team
members
 Assigning jobs to
team members
 Identifying contacting
partners or sponsors
 Organizing committee
 Teamwork
 Communication
 Inter-personal effectiveness
 Flexibility
 Integrity and work ethics

2UNDERSTANDING ROLES AND SKILLS
meetings and planning
sessions
 Tracking fundraising
in real-time for the
event
2. Event
Planner
 Identifying and
confirming speakers,
presenter or
entertainers
 Identifying and
contacting sponsors.
 Creating an event
timeline
 Creating email event
notifications
 Creating a map for the
event location
 Communication
 Teamwork
 Analytical ability
 Personal management
 Creative thinking
3. Event
manager
 Making
accommodation
arrangements for
presenters.
 Reviewing security
needs
 Sending reminders
and schedule details to
speakers, presenters
and facilitators.
 Communication
 Inter-personal effectiveness
4. Safety
Coordination
 Negotiating vendor
contracts
 Flexibility
 Integrity and work
ethics
5. Publicist  Advertising event on
social media
 Creating email event
notification
 Posting event details
on the organization’s
Facebook page.
 Communication
 Technical Literacy
 Creative Thinking