Insights & Ideas.
Our team shares strategies and resources to elevate your project planning and grant writing.
Being Tender Ready
Let's talk quotes and tenders. If you're a service provider who regularly has the opportunity to respond to requests for quote and tenders, which describes your approach? Option A - Mad panic desperately pulling together all the information you need, often ending in a...
Using Structure to Streamline Your Project
So, you’ve applied for and secured funding for your project, hurrah! Hopefully this means you are clear on your project objectives, timeline, stakeholders and desired outcome. From here, the success of the project will rely on implementing effective structures to...
Evaluation Series: Method Selection
We're in the final post in our evaluation series where we'll focus on evaluation method selection (along with ideas on different methods to use). In our previous posts, we've covered the basics of project evaluation and how to plan for an evaluation process. Method...
Evaluation Series: Process Planning
In the first post in the series, we covered the basics of project evaluation, exploring what it is and why you'd want to undertake it, along with the principles underpinning authentic evaluation. Now, we'll look at effective evaluation process planning. Identify...
Evaluation Series: Project Evaluation Basics
Project evaluation is as complicated (or simple) as you want it to be. In this series, we'll walk you through the basics of project evaluation, advise how to plan for the process, and finally explore methods for evaluation and how to select the right options for your...
Being Grant Ready
If you're a not-for-profit, or really any organisation that might rely, even in part, on grants to get projects off the ground, they are probably a hot topic. Maybe even a source of constant frustration, depending on where you stand. I talk to lots of people about...
Get better value from your next consulting project
If you’re going to engage a consultant, you want to get good value, so don’t leave it to chance. Here are our top four strategies to get better value from your next consulting project. #1 Get familiar with the marketplace Think about when you are buying something for...
Funding for Operations
Where can I find a grant to fund our operations? In short, you probably can't. In today's grant-making environment, it is extremely difficult to find funding to support the ongoing operations of an organisation. This really is a 'unicorn' grant and most commonly you'd...
Should I change my business to a not-for-profit?
'Should I change my business to a not-for-profit?' This is a question I see a lot in business groups on Facebook. The first answer is 'Ask your accountant.' And the second answer is 'Probably not.' Most people are attracted to the idea of converting to a...
Does our not-for-profit need a business plan?
If your business is not-for-profit, what is the point of having a business plan? This is a question (or complaint!) we hear a lot. Perhaps as a non-profit, you are obliged to have a business plan, whether it be to apply for funds or as a requirement from your...