An effective but underutilised vehicle to channel this wealth is an endowment. Endowments are donations made to non-profit organisations with the intention of investing to earn income. This allows the donations to keep giving long into the future.

To understand Asia, you need to understand the importance of relationships, and to do successful fundraising, you need to be good at relationship management. 

Holt was paralysed from the chest down after diving off a boat into shallow water on a holiday when he was 18 years old. He is confined to a wheelchair and has minimal movement in his arms and fingers. But he refuses to let his disability define him.

Match, pace, lead mirrors the martial arts philosophy of going with the direction of the movement and using the energy of your partner to take them to where you want them to be. How can you use this in fundraising?

Presented by Ben Morton-Wright, this class will focus on differences of fundraising in Asia compared to Europe and the US, the importance of family and intergenerational giving (family philanthropy and how it is embedded in Asian culture), regional complexities and future opportunities, and recent stats on giving in the region and its implications.