Insights & Ideas.
Our team shares strategies and resources to elevate your project planning and grant writing.
Using Experience to Drive Donations
Not-for-profits touch many lives and undoubtedly your intended audience truly appreciate what you do. But it can be a difficult situation to raise funds in, because often those who use the service are not the ones that can (or should) fund it. However, using...
Alternatives to Asking for Donations
Not-for-profits all over Australia do amazing and important work. But there’s no doubt it can be tough to continually find the resources to keep operating, let alone improving. Funding is often the number one concern in this sector, but there are alternatives to...
Harnessing Influencers for Engagement
How might community influencers impact your business or organisation? Perhaps you're looking to broaden who you hear from and give them the opportunity to influence a process, but what happens when they don't seem that interested? Local governments in particular often...
Community Engagement: Giving Away Control to Get Results
What is community engagement? I mean, what is it really and what it can achieve? Communications, public relations even sales… none of these things are community engagement. Some of them are the positive flow-on effects from good community engagement but they should...
Five Annual Report Tips for Not-for-Profits
If you're a not-for-profit, it's around about now that you're probably starting to think about preparing your Annual Report. They are more than just something you 'should' do to take to your AGM - they are a fantastic tool for communicating the value your organisation...
Five Strategies to Get Noticed by Funders
If you’re involved with a not-for-profit, you probably regularly think ‘We need some funds!’ Attracting funding is increasingly competitive and standing out from the crowd is important if you want to have the edge. So, how do you get noticed amongst all the other...
Five Hot Tips to Get Traction on Your Big Project
When you're involved with a community organisation, it can be hard to get momentum on a big project. So what are the keys to getting moving and turning your group's idea into a reality? Here are our five top tips for moving from chatter around the clubroom to action....
Seven Common Project Funding Mistakes
Do you have a key project your organisation is trying to get up and going but you’re just not getting traction with government departments or other funders? It can be incredibly frustrating to put a whole lot of effort into a project proposal, only to see it flounder...
Busting Five NFP Myths That Are Hurting Your Sustainability
Sustainability is a bit of a buzzword at the moment in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector, but what does it actually look like on a practical level? Let’s look at five common myths about pricing services in NFPs - myths that are hurting your sustainability. We'll look...