Ken Burnett

Ken Burnett is a writer, communicator and inspirational speaker. He is author of several influential books on donor development and communication, including Relationship Fundraising, the Zen of Fundraising, Tiny Essentials of an Effective Volunteer Board and the recently published Storytelling Can Change the World, all available on Amazon or at www.whitelionpress.com. Ken’s latest book, The essence of Campaigning Fundraising in 52 exhibits and 199 web links, will soon be available on Amazon and is now available from orders@whitelionpress.com. Chairman of Trustees at ActionAid from 1998 to 2003, Ken began his fundraising career with that charity in 1977 and since has been a leading fundraising strategist in the UK and around the world. He’s co-founder (with his late wife, Marie) and managing trustee for SOFII, the Showcase of Fundraising Innovation and Inspiration, a former independent trustee of the Disasters Emergency Committee, trustee of The World Land Trust and until recently was a commissioner on the UK’s Commission for the Voluntary Sector and Ageing. In July 2015 Ken was invited as plenary guest speaker at the 1st China Fundraising Conference in Beijing – the only non-Chinese speaker at this event. Also in 2015 he co-founded the Commission on the Donor Experience with the aim of putting the donor, rather than fundraisers’ targets, at the heart of fundraising strategies in the belief that this will be more productive and sustainable for both causes and donors, long term. In 2018 Ken wrote, directed and appeared in ‘The Great Huntingfield Brain Robbery’, a murder mystery farce with a cast of 25, put on by the amateur theatre group in his small Suffolk village. Now a total of four plays have been produced, three of them written and directed by Ken. Great fun! Please note: Ken did not write the Project Management Paradigm or Why Pray for Israel. These books were written by different Ken Burnetts, which doesn’t mean they're any less delightful, just not by this Ken. For more see www.kenburnett.com. For a more detailed biography see http://www.kenburnett.com/Biography.html