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Focusing on your mission will help you through the hard times

I know that everyone has been going through a tough time.  For some, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  For others, the future is less bright.  Many Social Impact organisations are struggling right now.  Finances are squeezed, governments are hostile, stakeholders need higher levels of support… Read more…

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Share your Impact Stories to be even more Successful

A couple of weeks ago I talked about the four factors for successful social impact reviews.  One of the factors was communication – sharing your social impact story. To do that successfully you really need to have thought about how you might share your social impact story before you even Read more…

By admin, 4 weeks1 month ago
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Stakeholders and Participation – Central to Successful Social Impact

I cannot say this strongly enough: we do this work to make the world a better place.  Here’s the rub though: we don’t get to decide what someone else’s ‘better’ looks like.   By now you know how much importance I put on participation from stakeholders into every step of Read more…

By admin, 1 month1 month ago
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Four factors of successful social impact reviews

If you really want that social impact review to be meaningful and worthwhile, make sure you get your head around these four factors: Purpose: why do you want to do the social impact review? Have you been asked to do a review by a donor as part of your grant Read more…

By admin, 1 month2 months ago
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What if it is finally time to put white NGO power behind us?

The one thing that we have seen in the era of Covid is just how important it is to both collaborate over distance and trust your colleagues in different parts of the world it is.  This comes at the same time as a growing unease (again) about how and why Read more…

By admin, 2 months2 months ago
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Why pitching for new businesses is not only about winning new business

This tweet came up on my twitter timeline last week. With over a decade’s experience of being a consultant I have to admit I did sigh and reflect that sooner or later, he will probably pitch for work.  Of course the usual twitter echo-chamber provided lots of supportive noises and Read more…

By admin, 2 months2 months ago
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Getting started with measuring social impact

This is a variation of a post I first published in May 2020, which has proved popular. This version was also shared in January 2021 with an evaluator’s forum in South West England that has a health focus – so the timing was rather perfect…. In case you missed it, Read more…

By admin, 2 months2 months ago
Learning

Covid-19 has shown there are three types of Civil Society organisations…

By now we all know people who have been seriously affected by the Covid-19 pandemic: we’ve lost friends and loved ones, jobs, incomes.  Further down the line some will lose their homes.  Wellbeing and mental health are suffering. Many civil society organisations were initially set up to respond to challenges Read more…

By admin, 3 months3 months ago
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Impact

How do you know that your organisation is doing good?

In the UK it used to be that simply by being a charity or a social enterprise you were assumed to be doing good.  Those times have gone and civil society organisations now have to demonstrate that they are in fact contributing positively to society and/or the environment.  You can Read more…

By admin, 3 months3 months ago
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What are the key issues for Civil Society in 2021?

If you’re British, 2021 is probably going to be a very difficult year.  If you work in or with Civil Society, it is probably going to be an extremely difficult year. So what are the three top issues to look out for in 2021? Access: As the pandemic continues to Read more…

By admin, 3 months3 months ago

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