John is a consultant and trainer to nonprofits. His specialties are major gift fundraising, capital campaigns and business partnerships. John Godfrey has degrees in performing arts, management and marketing . He worked in festival and theatre management in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom before turning to fundraising. Since then he has worked with clients and trained representatives of numerous nonprofit organisations in the UK, India, Middle East, Singapore and Australasia. John has published a popular fundraising book: “Artful Major Gift Fundraising”. Currently he is researching philanthropy in India for a PhD. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.