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...
Webinar: The Ideal NGO – A Conversation with Maaike Blom
From spreadsheets into the 21st century: Managing data for impact Webinar Maaike Blom has been working in the non-profit sector for over 30 years. She has seen many different types, sizes and forms of NGOs from the inside as an employee and the outside as an advisor....
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...
Rethinking Data Management in Nonprofit Work
Rethinking Data Management in Nonprofit work Data, analytics, and algorithms are a few buzzwords that have taken the business world by storm in the last ten years. Enterprises have recognized the importance and usefulness of data in their daily work and integrated...
Webinar: Managing Data for Impact
From spreadsheets into the 21st century: Managing data for impact Webinar Is your NGO embracing the data revolution to improve your effectiveness toward sustainable development? What are the practical steps for organizations to understand and manage data in the...
Writing Winning Proposals
WRITING WINNING PROPOSALS Addressing SOME COMMON QUESTIONS Writing a winning proposal encompasses so much more than just good prose, immaculate grammar and inspiring storytelling. Many nonprofit organizations may not pay enough attention to the processes around...
Webinar: Project Design for Winning Proposals
Project Design for Winning Proposals Webinar The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing, and good proposal writing feels more like focused project design. Following up on our previous webinar on writing proposals, this webinar will present some best...
Mapping and Approaching New Donors
MAPPING AND APPROACHING NEW DONORS Addressing SOME COMMON QUESTIONS Fundraising is certainly a strenous yet worthwhile journey. The challenges and rewards of fundraising especially increase substantially when it comes to finding new donors. How can NGOs position...
Webinar: Capturing Success Stories
Capturing Success Stories Webinar Is your organization communicating its impact as well as you’d like it to? Do you sometimes wish you could make it clearer to your donors how your organization changes lives? This webinar will break down the necessary elements...
Fundraising in the COVID-19 World
FUNDRAISING IN THE COVID-19 WORLD Addressing SOME COMMON QUESTIONS The COVID-19 pandemic quickly swept up the entire world and is now leaving long-lasting effects to every aspect of life. How has this global crisis affected international development work? What can...
Webinar: Defining and Measuring Your Impact
Defining and Measuring Your Impact Webinar In this webinar, we will explain the different techniques that organizations can use to define what impact means for their organization and its programs and projects. We will also discuss about how impact can best be measured...
Webinar: Boost Your Impact
Boost Your Impact Webinar Are you willing to boost your impact but don’t know where to start? This webinar guides you through the different steps of the impact journey. Whether it is because donors are demanding more impact from your programs or simply because...
Webinar: Decision Making During Proposal Development
Decision Making During Proposal Development Webinar Writing a funding application is expensive. How can your decision-making process improve your Return on Investment? You see an opportunity to get funding. The donor needs a proposal to make a decision. And a process...
Webinar: Negotiations with Donors and Partners
Negotiations with Donors and Partners Webinar Nonprofits engage in negotiations with donors and partners several times a day, especially in times of crisis like the current COVID-19 pandemic. So how can nonprofits get the best outcomes? You need to negotiate with your...
Top 5 African grant making organizations supporting projects in Africa
Top 5 African grant making organizations supporting projects in Africa Curious to know what are the popular African based organizations that are making grants in Africa? In a previous blog, we discussed which were the top 5 organizations channeling international aid...
Webinar: Writing Winning Proposals
Writing Winning Proposals Webinar Have you ever had to wonder how your great projects could not find funding from donors? In this webinar we will give you tips and tricks to write better proposals! Having great ideas to improve the world is an essential starting...
In Times of Crisis: Philanthropy and Friendships go Hand in Hand
In Times Of Crisis: Philanthropy and Friendships go hand in hand q The New Normal In a matter of hours, my life changed drastically. I was suddenly working from home, when I would normally be in the office or out meeting with donors. I had a roommate sharing my...