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Planned giving: little understood, little practiced – so much potential
Many Australian fundraisers think ‘planned giving’ is just gifts-in-wills. However, it is so much more.
In the USA and UK, planned giving is a much more developed area of fundraising and philanthropy. This is an opportunity for Australian fundraisers.
As the financial services industry in Australia becomes more sophisticated, new techniques under the umbrella of planned giving could potentially become available.
Lawrence Jackson compares planned giving practices in Australia to the UK and USA and reveals what needs to change in Australia for the true power of planned giving to be unleashed.
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A Stranger, A Suitcase, and A Story: Where Purpose Meets Philanthropy with Lawrence Jackson
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What does it look like to build a life guided not by a plan, but by a thread?
Lawrence Jackson’s journey is one of connection, identity, and purpose. Arriving in Australia from South Africa in 1982 at just 16, his path has been anything but linear, from touring Mango Groove after a chance pub encounter, to stumbling into a 25-year career in philanthropy through a blind job ad.
Along the way, he helped raise Australia’s first $1B philanthropic campaign and is now reconnecting a university to its global diaspora… one he never even attended.
In this episode of A Stranger, A Suitcase and a Story, Lawrence shares:
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The unexpected moments that shaped his career
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Building impact across borders 10,000 km from home
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The power (and tension) of holding two identities
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Why staying connected to your roots matters
His story is a powerful reminder: purpose often reveals itself when you follow the connections, not the plan.
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