Impact as a Guiding Principle in Fundraising
Impact as a guiding principle in fundraising Total reading time: 15 minutes Index 1. Introduction 2. Impact as a guiding principle in shaping the global development field 3. Impact investment 4. The impact journey Introduction Developments within the global...
What’s in a job title
What’s in a name:do job titles matter? For our recruitment services, we have come across numerous job descriptions for vacancies. Each vacancy is accompanied with a carefully thought-out job title in the hope to attract the right talent for the job. It is a tricky...
The Winning Consortium
The winning consortium It is no surprise that one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Goal 17, focuses on partnerships. Goal 17 underlines that strong partnerships and cooperation are crucial for the realization of SDGS. “The world is more interconnected than...
Crafting a brand that appeals to donors
Crafting a Brand That Appeals to Donors Getting grants and funds from institutional donors takes effort. In a previous post, we discussed Mapping and Approaching New Donors, explaining that approaching an institutional donor isn’t simply about money — you...
Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 influencing USAID’s new vision?
Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 influencing USAID’s new vision? Learn how to work with USAID Last month, USAID Administrator Samantha Power outlined “A New Vision for Global Development,” which places inclusive development at the fore of the Agency’s...
30 seconds to stand out
30 seconds to stand out Be the first to know about new opportunities Following a poll of 1,000 UK people involved in recruitment commissioned by Adecco Retail, it is now a truth generally acknowledged that it takes 34 seconds for a recruiter to decide whether a CV is...
The power of a strong strategy
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 6 The power of a strong strategy Explore all takeaways The competition in the fundraising landscape is growing. This is even more so with the constantly changing COVID-19 situation which causes economic uncertainty. In...
Fundraising during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 5 Fundraising during and after the COVID-19 pandemic Explore all takeaways The COVID-19 pandemic causes economic uncertainty. Many development professionals expressed worries that COVID-19 and the corresponding...
Building strong relationships for successful partnerships
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 4 Building strong relationships for successful partnerships Explore all takeaways Some of you noticed a shift from bilateral donors to a more economic approach to development cooperation. On the one hand, bilateral...
Striking a balance between trust and accountability
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 3 Striking a balance between trust and accountability Explore all takeaways From the challenges on reporting-, financial management-, and increasing threshold criteria, and from the challenges on getting unearmarked...
Finding funds for overhead and unearmarked funding
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 2 Finding funds for overhead and unearmarked funding Explore all takeaways Both survey respondents and interviewees emphasized the importance of unearmarked funding, especially to quickly act in unexpected situations...
Outdoing your growing competition in the fundraising landscape
HVFC Trends Research on Fundraising | Takeaway 1 outdoing your growing competition in the fundraising landscape Explore all takeaways Competition in the fundraising sector is becoming increasingly challenging to manage. Related to this, most of you find it...
3 questions to ask when hiring a fundraiser
3 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN HIRING A FUNDRAISER Are you looking for a new fundraiser for your organization hoping to boost your funding? Do you envision someone who is passionate about your cause, has a successful track record, masters Theory of Change and also has a good...
USAID goes local!
USAID GOES LOCAL! Six months after being appointed as the Administrator of USAID under the Biden administration, Samantha Power set her agenda for USAID for the coming four years during a speech early November. Stressing the urgency of current issues such as the...
Tea Break With Waris Mohamed Issa
Tea break with waris mohamed issa Founder at Kasoo Kabo – Bounce Back From Trauma Meet all our interviewees What kicks you off in the morning? My work, definitely! I started developing a program called Kasoo Kabo (meaning “to bounce back”) earlier this year. It...
Tea Break With Fotoula Theodoulou
Tea break with fotoula theodoulou Quality Assurance Director at Stepping Stones International Meet all our interviewees What kicks off your Monday morning? Working where I work! I’ve witnessed the difference my workplace, Stepping Stones International (SSI)...
How to identify and capture success stories that matter to your donors and your team?
how to capture success stories that matter to your donors & your team? Do you find it hard to communicate your successes to your donor, or to identify what your project or your organization have accomplished? In this blog, I give you a few tips on how to capture and...
7 Steps to turn your success stories into powerful communications tools
7 must-dos to Write POWERFUL SUCCESS STORIES You can be changing the world through impact-driven programs, but if you do not communicate about it, neither your donors or supporters, nor your team will be aware of your work. As a result, you could miss valuable funding...
Writing and Designing an Executive Summary
Writing and Designing aN Executive Summary More often than not, prospective donors would request applicants to submit an abridged version of the full-length proposal. While you may already have all the information about your project, it can be a challenging task to...
In times of uncertainty: Humanity wins
In Times of Uncertainty: Humanity Wins Previously, I shared my experience as a frontline fundraiser in the face of an international pandemic. As the months have passed since I penned my initial thoughts, numerous changes in my life and my donors’ and...
Structuring Winning Proposals
Structuring winning proposals Winning proposals is a difficult journey. It is indeed a demanding, competitive and time-limited process that require extensive resources and concerted efforts. It is therefore crucial for NGOs to be strategic, thorough and...
How to write proposals that resonate for your donors
How to write proposals that resonate for your donors? As part of the Wilde Ganzen-Partin month, we recently had the pleasure to share our experiences in institutional fundraising with mission-driven organizations worldwide. In the hour we spent together, a few...
