by Suzanne Bakker | Oct 18, 2020 | board, building trust, call for proposals, forming partnerships, fundraising, project design, project management, work-life mission, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Project Design, Working for Your Mission
No-one will deny that the year 2020 is quite a challenging year. Of course, many countries face more challenges than ‘just’ the pandemic. They face dictatorship, corruption, natural disasters, industrial accidents, the results of climate change or crucial elections in...
by Suzanne Bakker | Oct 11, 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
When you start writing project proposals for organizational donors, you will notice that each of them has their own structure for how they want you to organize your ideas on paper. You may not always enjoy their way of structuring your proposal. It may sometimes seem...
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...
by Suzanne Bakker | Aug 30, 2020 | forming partnerships, fundraising, human resource management, non-profit management, project design, starting your project, team management, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Getting Started, Practical Labour Law & HR, Project Design
Last week I wrote about interns and students research projects. I highlighted that if you are lucky enough to be hosting interns and students you must support them in their learning goals. What I did not mention is that of course you must facilitate and support...
by Suzanne Bakker | Aug 23, 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 past few posts, I spoke about your board and about volunteers. This time, I want to look at hosting interns and student research projects. In my experience, students and interns can supercharge your thinking and your organization. I think it is well worth your...
