Earlier this year we developed the ’10 Question Business Model Diagnostic’ to provide NFPs with insight and goals. We’ve found that NFP orgs typically fit into 4 typologies: Walking Dead, Living on the Edge, Comfortable and Heroes. Walking Dead...
Organisations must recognise that achieving sustainability (including funding sustainability) at a point in time does not mean sustainability is assured for good. Take one of Stanford’s funding models as an example. The Beneficiary Builder model is used by...
As Not for Profits face tough conditions, the conversation around sustainable business models is becoming more common. One key building block in the business model is potential partnerships. Traditionally a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) meant a partnership between...
Business Development (BD) is an integral part of NFPs future in the new economy of sustainability. It happens at the end of the design process after you have created a new business model and an essential part to making it come to fruition. We break down the definition...
You know the best thing about being an only child? No competition. You get everything you want – when you want. None of this comprising or debating or forming a well though out argument to why you should be considered for a turn to play with the fire truck –...
With the strategic planning season well and truly underway it’s time to blow the dust off last year’s plan and think about all the things that didn’t get achieved. Let’s not be too cynical, though. While, to some, the planning process may be a simple check box for...