Item 12.2 - Attachment 2

Draft Task Outline

 

Appendix 2: Draft Task Outline for Development of The Parramatta Cultural Trust

 

Task

Note

Days

Week

Stage 1

Phone briefing with Trustee

to ensure full understanding of key players’ objectives

.25

1

Benchmarking activities, planning, functional roles of selected Trusts and Foundations

desk research and selected phone interviews to understand processes, organisational structures and roles of other fund-raising and fund-distributing trusts

2

2

Outline workshop content

workshop likely to include discussion of:

o mission and vision

o scope of Trust activities

o proactive v applicant-based approaches

o goals and objectives

o key performance measures/targets

o positioning and branding of the Trust

o Committee roles

o action planning

.25

2

Preparation of discussion documents

o summarising benchmark information

o providing guidelines/discussion points related to positioning and branding

o suggesting top level goals and objectives for debate

2

3

Facilitation of workshop

o as in outline above, or amended following feedback

o marketing and fundraising consultants to attend for part of the workshop

2

4

Draft vision, mission, values, goals, objectives, Key Performance Measures

o following the workshop, documentation of top level planning articulation which has been agreed

2

5

Draft Advisory Committee role/framing documents

o draft duty statements

o draft 6 – 9 month agenda (i.e. key issues for Committee to be mapped out through a long-term agenda)

o draft code of conduct and conflict of interest policies

o clarification of linkage to existing Council cultural investment

2

6

Positioning statement, brand identity, scope of Trust activities

o draft positioning statement

o proposed brand qualities and identity

1

6

Stakeholder interviews/fundraising scoping analysis

o limited testing of brand proposals, mission, vision – amongst potential donors and strategic allies

o identification of key donor market segments, and exploration of donor motivations and benefits

3

8

Draft marketing and communications plan

o target markets

o marketing objectives

o short/medium-term marketing and communications activities

o resources

4

10

Draft fundraising strategy, including donor benefits definition

o donor/prospect markets

o suggested targets

o benefits

o processes, resources, review and evaluation

4

10

Development of marketing collateral

o corporate identity materials

o business stationery

o (see also ‘Case’ material below)

1

14

Stage 2

Case document (the Trust’s ‘pitch’)

succinct presentation materials to draw upon for PR, donor presentations, recruitment process for Advisory Committee membership, applicant education

3

14

Committee recruitment strategy

o identification of Committee prospects

o short-listing/evaluating procedure

o induction process

1

8???

Assistance with Committee recruitment

o continuing support in approaching and briefing potential Committee members

o facilitating meetings between existing Trust/Committee members and potential Committee members

2

tbc

TOTAL

 

30