by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 10, 2024 | building trust, crisis, crisis management, donor relations, finance management, human resource management, leadership, nonprofit management, self-care, team management | Building Partnerships, Finance Management, Nonprofit management
It’s perfectly possible to have a nonprofit life without big crises. Crises that threaten the existence and future of your organisation. Taking care of money, caring for your people and building strong relations with partners and stakeholders are key in avoiding real...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 27, 2024 | finance management, fundraising, nonprofit management | Finance Management, Nonprofit management
The thing most nonprofits dislike most about money is the bureaucracy. Or maybe it’s just a feeling of bureaucracy around managing money properly. The endless form-filling. Signing this or that. Why can’t it be easy???? Let me tell you what’s good about paperwork for...
by Suzanne Bakker | Oct 7, 2023 | donor relations, fundraising, nonprofit management | Fundraising
Whenever someone asks me for advice about reaching out to donors, my answer always has something in it like: don’t forget that donors are people, too. Donors are people Think about what you yourself would like to hear or see if someone wanted something from you. What...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 28, 2023 | crisis, crisis management, human resource management, nonprofit management, self-care | Nonprofit management
Sometimes a simple question is all it takes. And sometimes hearing that, instead of reading it, is so much more powerful. So I have collected some key questions for you to help you prepare for hard conversations and hard decisions. And to set healthy boundaries...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 2, 2023 | funding, nonprofit management, project design, project grant, project proposal | Fundraising
Recently I wrote how crucial it is to make sure that the projects you develop are aligned with your vision, mission and value statement. Immediately, people asked me: “But what about the money?” Yes, I know all of us nonprofits need money. And you may think that means...
