by Suzanne Bakker | May 3, 2020 | budgeting, expenses, finance management, project basics, project design, project management, starting your project | Finance Management, Project management
Some entrepreneurs live by the adage ‘Start before you are ready’. And I believe in that, too. Very much. Mostly because I learn from doing, so for me getting going is key to getting anywhere. But there are some exceptions where I would recommend being ready before...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 19, 2020 | building trust, crisis, crisis management, forming partnerships, fundraising, nonprofit management, project design, working with donors | Nonprofit management
Earlier this month (April 2020) I taught four masterclasses on fundraising in time of uncertainty. In one of these a participant asked about donor retention in times of uncertainty. How to keep your donors at a time when you may not be able to do exactly (or at all)...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 6, 2020 | building trust, crisis, forming partnerships, fundraising, project design, working with donors | Fundraising
Are you worried about the impact of the corona virus pandemic on your not-for-profit? Are you uncertain about how to plan now? And do you have difficulty getting yourself to focus on sorting out these worries because you are concerned about your loved ones...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 5, 2020 | monitoring, project basics, project design | Project Design
For almost every project proposal nowadays you need to prepare a monitoring framework. This presents how you will monitor implementation for success. Very often this is seen as an exercise that is important for the donor. Something that should be done as simply as...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 15, 2020 | call for proposals, project design | Project Design
Many project proposal templates include a section that refers to the relevance of your idea. What do they mean by that? In my view, there are three aspects to relevance that you should keep in mind when designing a project. Relevance to the context First of all, you...
