by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 6, 2022 | project basics, project design, project management | Project Design, Project management
All donors require a monitoring framework as part of a project proposal. This helps you (and them) monitor progress towards your project results, objectives, and impact. Very often, monitoring focuses on collecting numbers. So in fact you are measuring quantities...
by Suzanne Bakker | Oct 31, 2021 | budgeting, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, fundraising, income, project basics, project design, project management, setting up, starting your project, work-life mission | Project Design
My article and my Facebook live session on your Q4 donor base actions generated many questions about how to make a fundraising plan. Making a fundraising plan for your nonprofit is a task that requires in-depth understanding of your context, work and ambitions. I...
by Suzanne Bakker | Sep 12, 2021 | 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
Your project proposal may include a partner. There are different reasons for mentioning a partner in your proposal: Your proposals looks more serious, especially if the partner is well-known. You will be better able to reach the impact you need, for instance if the...
by Suzanne Bakker | Aug 29, 2021 | budgeting, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, income, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project | Project Design
One of the four main building blocks of your project design is your budget. Despite the importance of money, the budget is often treated as an afterthought. And that can lead to big challenges in implementation of the project. It is helpful to your implementation and...
by Suzanne Bakker | Aug 22, 2021 | call for proposals, human resource management, non-profit management, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project, team management | Project Design
We all know writing winning project proposals is not a simple trick. There is no such thing as a 100% success rate in this. (not that I have seen in more than 25 years at least) But there are some things you can make sure to do and have that will help increase your...
by Suzanne Bakker | Aug 15, 2021 | call for proposals, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project | Project Design
If you have applied to more than one donor, you have probably noticed that each donor has their own requirements for submitting project proposals. And their own format. Both for the narrative part and for the budget. But if you look more closely, you can see there are...
