Last week I highlighted how important access is and would continue to become as the UK and other countries continue to grapple with the fall out of the Covid-19 pandemic. We have also seen in the news how countries have used their lockdowns to focus in on those issues that Read more…
This post might be a little UK-centric as that is the context that I’m operating in. But I suspect that some of the themes will resonate… Many people have written or tweeted or posted about how the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted inequalities in our societies right at a time when Read more…
These days you hear a lot of talk about the ‘new normal’ or ‘nothing’s normal’ or some variation of ‘things will never be the same again’. That is true. But then that has always been true even in uninteresting times. Everything is always changing. Sometimes it takes a massive global Read more…
Black lives matter. Gay lives matter. Trans lives matter. Women’s lives matter. But our systemic inequality means that some lives matter more than others. The opposite of inequality isn’t always equality. To begin with the opposite of inequality is equity. Equity and equality are two different things and it is Read more…
Everyone is talking about the ‘new normal’, this is an opportunity for change, we can and must work in a better, different way. Well that’s all good and well, but how do you pivot organisations towards this new better different normal? The one thing that has struck me about businesses, Read more…
Don’t you just hate that?! When a client switches priorities or goals halfway or even three-quarters of the way through a piece of work without warning. It happens. Probably more than anyone is prepared to admit. And it happens to the best of us. So, what to do when all Read more…
I know that not everyone appreciates hearing how hard someone else is working, especially during a lockdown period when many other people have been furloughed or made redundant. But I hear a lot of my colleagues telling me the same thing: they have never been busier. True a lot of Read more…
Last month I spoke about automation and integration as being an important aspect to working remotely and running your social business, nonprofit, consultancy (in my case) successfully. It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of tech, or get overwhelmed by the choice and the terminology. I’ve seen Read more…
Ok, so this post is really aimed at a group of organisations or businesses: mission-driven organisations that need to demonstrate the impact that they are having. If you’re in this group, you might already be doing impact measurement. If not, and most are not, then it really is worth taking Read more…
The lockdown in the UK has demonstrated the strength of the nonprofit sector in working together, often more successfully at a local level. Speaking with colleagues regularly, they tell me that there is clearly more joined up activity happening in communities, driven by communities and community organisations than activity happening Read more…