GoFundMe makes first Australian hire in Sling & Stone’s Nicola Britton
Public fundraising platform GoFunMe has continued its Australian expansion with its first local appointment, hiring Nicola Britton as regional manager.
Britton joins from Sling & Stone where she spent almost two years as an account director.
Nicola Britton is Go Fund Me’s first Australian hire
Previously, Britton was a campaigner at Change.org, where she advised on campaign strategy, performed media training and acted as a media advisor to petition starters. She has also spent time at Freuds and Red Health in London.
Britton said of her appointment: “Having spent years helping Australians realise the potential that technology holds in building powerful networks to help individuals support the issues that matter to them, it excites me incredibly to help continue this work with GoFundMe.
“The nature of giving is shifting globally. I have been particularly impressed with GoFundMe’s commitment to trust and safety, putting us at the forefront of this social fundraising revolution.”
GoFundMe CEO, Rob Solomon, stated: “It’s incredibly exciting to put Nicola in the driver’s seat at such a period of rapid expansion for GoFundMe. We have witnessed huge momentum as Australians have taken fundraising into their own hands, fundraising and donating to important issues like crisis relief for farmers or providing financial support for families going through a difficult time.
“We’re only just getting started and Nicola’s background in supporting innovative tech businesses, campaigning and policy will help us fast-track our ambitions in the market.”
Congratulations Nic! We’re sad to see you go but so proud to see you spread your wings and have a big impact on the future. Go get em. We’ll be cheering from the sidelines.
GoFundMe has lost me as a supporter.
GoFundMe has lost me as a supporter.
Same
[Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy] Start a [edited] company with Alan Joyce in Ireland not Australia…
No place for people like this in Australia. Promoting intolerance against normal everyday Australians by stopping the flow of giving.
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You quoted in taking down Israel Folau’s funding page: ” While we welcome GoFundMe engaging in DIVERSE civil debate, we do not tolerate the promotion of discrimination and exclusion.”
WHAT HYPOCRITES your statement confirms.
You have executed precisely “exclusion” is executing your action!
Not only have you lost me – and I would suggest many other Aussies (as future contributors,) but your statement would be more accurate if it read:
” Whilst GoFundMe engages in selected points of view, we do not tolerate any other views outside of our own Leftist viewpoints and those we don’t agree with.”
YOU’RE GUTLESS and to state you’re ‘inclusive’ (when you exercise ‘exclusion’) is moronic!
This is not aging well. You hired a change.org campaigner to run an impartial platform. What did you expect?
Spot on! What a poor choice for this position. I have no comment on the decision to take down Israel Folau’s funding page. But completely agree that this decision to hire a change.org campaigner to run an impartial platform is very foolish and bad for GoFundMe – who until this point I was a supporter of.
Spot on! What a poor choice for this position. I have no comment on the decision to take down Israel Folau’s funding page. But completely agree that this decision to hire a change.org campaigner to run an impartial platform is very foolish and bad for GoFundMe – who until this point I was a supporter of.