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...
The hardest part of strategic planning is often related to generating new ideas. A handy tool to help your team start thinking about what your customers value about your organisation is the Value Discipline Tool. (Yes, Not for Profits have customers too!) This simple...
‘Tis the season to be planning… or budgeting… or … wandering …Summer holidays already seem a year ago and the planning and budgeting season is no longer something that’s coming ‘next year’. It’s that time of the year where we typically all try to keep business as...
It’s a jungle out there. The Australian Not-for-Profit sector is crowded, with over 600,000 NFPs in operation. That’s 1 for every 38 Australians. We have more NFPs than we do emus.Many consider the sector to be at the point of over-saturation, the not-for-profit model...
