by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 12, 2020 | building trust, donor relations, forming partnerships | Fundraising, Project Design
One of the things you need to do constantly as nonprofit, is looking out for supporters. People or organizations who can and want to support your work or specific activities. This is often a challenge, especially at the beginning when the organization does not have a...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 5, 2020 | strategic planning, vision | Getting Started
One of the first things you will be doing as a new nonprofit is visioning, strategizing and planning. You will formulate your vision and mission and you will prioritize a few strategic directions. This process is called strategic planning. As a result you will have...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 28, 2020 | board, motivation | Getting Started, Setting up a nonprofit
Are you ready to start working on setting up a nonprofit? This is a question that is often overlooked. After all, you have an idea. You want to solve a certain problem. Or you want to preserve something beautiful and valuable. So – time to get going! Isn’t it? Well,...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 21, 2020 | communication, crisis, crisis management, expenses, finance management, fundraising, income, project proposal, risk, risk analysis, risk management | Nonprofit management
Nobody knows what the future will bring. If anything, the current pandemic has made that very clear. Things that seemed impossible before, are possible now and vice versa. It may not be something you could have planned for, as a small nonprofit working on other...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 14, 2020 | crisis, crisis management, human resource management, nonprofit management, self-care, team management | Practical Labour Law & HR
All nonprofits I know have staff that is 1,000% committed to the vision, the mission, the organization, the work, the partners …. So much so that you can call them anytime, whether they are on leave (if at all they go on leave) or off sick (if at all they call in...
