by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 7, 2020 | call for proposals, crisis management, finance management, handling adversity, income, project design, project proposal | Nonprofit management
Even if you are a stellar fundraiser you will face rejection of some of your proposals. It happens. This is life. You merely get to decide how you will use this experience to improve your organization. You may not be what the funder is looking for at that moment after...
by Suzanne Bakker | May 17, 2020 | accountability, expenses, finance management, income, project design, systems | Nonprofit management
Last week I wrote about your cash box and how to handle cash properly. I hope you got the impression that I find it very important and am passionate about this. Because I am. Not because I care about cash (or non-cash money), really. But because I know that proper...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 26, 2020 | crisis, crisis management, self-care, work-life mission | Nonprofit management
It is never very easy to find a good way to combine being part of a nonprofit with a life with family and friends outside that organization. And this is even more of a challenge in times of uncertainty like we all face now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The thing with...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 19, 2020 | building trust, crisis, crisis management, forming partnerships, fundraising, nonprofit management, project design, working with donors | Nonprofit management
Earlier this month (April 2020) I taught four masterclasses on fundraising in time of uncertainty. In one of these a participant asked about donor retention in times of uncertainty. How to keep your donors at a time when you may not be able to do exactly (or at all)...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 29, 2020 | crisis management, finance management, fundraising, planning | Nonprofit management
I see many not-for-profits being uncertain about their future now, as their activities are being canceled one by one. How can you keep on core staff, if project activities cannot be implemented? Do donors approve of covering such costs even though you cannot deliver...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 22, 2020 | online work, remote work, tools | Nonprofit management
As COVID-19 is spreading more and more widely and seems to have reached all corners of the world now, an increasing number of countries are in lock-down or in some kind of self-quarantine. Workplaces are deserted, of government institutions, companies and...
