by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 3, 2021 | board, building trust, call for proposals, forming partnerships, fundraising, human resource management, non-profit management, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project, team management, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Getting Started, Practical Labour Law & HR, Project Design
As soon as you start hiring staff, you must start preparing for saying goodbye to them, too. Not because you should hire people you want to get rid of straightaway of course. But because saying goodbye is the inevitable consequence of saying hello. At some point you...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 20, 2020 | board, human resource management, non-profit management, setting up, starting your project, team management | Getting Started, Practical Labour Law & HR
For many of you this is a holiday season. Likely, many of your team are looking to take some time off in this period. To spend with family. To get a rest. Or to reset. In your role as leader you are of course happy to see your team take time for a rest. But as...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 13, 2020 | annual accounts report, budgeting, expenses, finance management, human resource management, income, non-profit management, team management, year-end accounts report, year-end goals | Annual Reporting, Finance Management, Practical Labour Law & HR
With the holidays coming up soon, it is high time to think about your year-end work if you haven’t already. With year-end work I refer to tasks and checks that need to be done in preparation of the closing of the year. The aim of year-end tasks and checks is to make...
by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 8, 2020 | board, building trust, forming partnerships, fundraising, human resource management, non-profit management, project management, team management, work-life mission, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Practical Labour Law & HR, Working for Your Mission
As the year-end is nearing, it is time to think about wrapping up the year 2020. Time to think of the achievements you have had this year. And to plan for building on these in the next year. Time to think of all the people who helped you make the most of this year....
by Suzanne Bakker | Oct 4, 2020 | building trust, call for proposals, forming partnerships, fundraising, human resource management, non-profit management, project design, team management, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Practical Labour Law & HR, Project Design
Once you have set up your nonprofit it is time to get going. Time to start working for your mission. To make sure you obtain all the resources you need to get started and deliver your first successes to the community you aim to serve. Probably the first thing that...
by Suzanne Bakker | Sep 27, 2020 | board, building trust, call for proposals, forming partnerships, fundraising, human resource management, non-profit management, project basics, project design, project management, setting up, starting your project, team management, work-life mission, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Getting Started, Practical Labour Law & HR, Project Design, Working for Your Mission
Many people responding to my posts here and on Facebook are just starting out with their nonprofit. It may seem hard to prioritize the many needed actions. Therefore, this post focuses on: what is key if you are just starting out with your nonprofit? What are...
