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...
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...
