ACEVO’s digital leadership festival is back this year from 2-4 November. The full programme is available on the website and in this blog series, you will get to know our speakers a little bit better.
Melissa De Vos, business development manager, Gatherwell
At #ACEVOFest21, Melissa will discuss the benefits and ethics of motivating people to fundraise by offering perks to supporters who make a donation.
What makes you hopeful?
Seeing people being kinder & reaching out more to help others in need.
What do you know now that you didn’t know at the beginning of 2020?
That I would have left the Hospice Care sector to join Gatherwell.
Can you recommend: a book, a series/film, a podcast?
One of my favourite films – Kingsman
Did you incorporate a new habit in your day to day routine in the past 18 months that you can share with us?
Wearing loungewear and slippers almost every day.
What do you miss the most from working at the office and what you love the most from working remotely?
I miss talking face to face with my colleagues. I love not having to go out in the colder months.
What’s your favourite thing to do for your own wellbeing?
Walking barefoot on the beach, picking up shells & hearing the motion of the ocean.
