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 27, 2020 | board, call for proposals, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project | Getting Started, Project Design
Many nonprofits struggle with consistency in setting up and conducting their staff performance reviews. There are many reasons for this, including lack of time and lack of focus on organizational issues. But also a lack of insight into how individual team members are...
by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 22, 2020 | board, call for proposals, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project | Getting Started, Project Design
Last week I wrote about looking back in order to learn and plan for the next steps. This week I want to take a look at planning. I wrote about how to plan for achieving your set goals before (see here). Now, I want to highlight another aspect of planning. I want to...
by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 15, 2020 | board, call for proposals, project basics, project design, project management, setting up, starting your project, work-life mission | Getting Started, Project Design, Working for Your Mission
Last week we looked at wrapping up the year through acknowledging individuals and organizations that in some way or form supported you. This time, I invite you to look back at the past year more broadly in order to extract lessons learned about planning versus...
by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 1, 2020 | board, building trust, call for proposals, forming partnerships, fundraising, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Getting Started, Project Design
In my previous post I wrote about how to find your perfect project idea. This post aimed to help you engage others in brainstorming ideas, defining priorities and choosing the best idea for the moment. I did not highlight the importance of innovation. Or: how to find...
by Suzanne Bakker | Oct 25, 2020 | board, building trust, call for proposals, forming partnerships, fundraising, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Getting Started, Project Design
Like most nonprofits you probably do not lack ambition or ideas. Which is great. But sometimes this abundance makes it hard to prioritize. It is challenging to decide on your project focus. In other words, how to find your perfect project idea? What is a project? A...
