“As the Director of a small, but growing film festival, it was important for me to be more knowledgeable about opportunities to enable my platform to grow. A lot of that is around funding and financing; those seeds of money that when used correctly, protects the longevity of an organisation. I have no clear memory about how I ‘stumbled’ upon Deborah (I did so on LinkedIn), but I’m so glad I came across her profile. After messaging Deborah, she responded to my query quickly and we set up a Zoom meeting soon after. There was a clear process of exchanging dates and times as well as submitting supportive information about my organisation to ensure that we made the most of our time to answer my queries. Deborah was very generous with her time, offering me a wealth of information not only in our meeting, but she followed up with a detailed email (which I’m going over with a fine-toothed comb!). I’m really looking forward to working again with this very talented, experienced woman. ”