by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 19, 2020 | Food for Thought, Setting up a nonprofit
As I wrote last week, in regard of finding the right donor, good planning is a big part of your success. Planning is a way of helping you organize your work. A good planning is a plan that is realistic for you under the circumstances, that includes reflection and...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 26, 2020 | Food for Thought
It is never very easy to find a good way to combine being part of a nonprofit with a life with family and friends outside that organization. And this is even more of a challenge in times of uncertainty like we all face now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The thing with...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 29, 2020 | Food for Thought
I see many not-for-profits being uncertain about their future now, as their activities are being canceled one by one. How can you keep on core staff, if project activities cannot be implemented? Do donors approve of covering such costs even though you cannot deliver...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 29, 2019 | Food for Thought
In my previous posts I have looked in detail at some finance matters, whether on the level of bookkeeping, finance management or policy development or something in between. But this week, on the threshold to a new decade and living in a spirit of looking back as well...
by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 13, 2019 | Food for Thought
If you have been following me, you may have noticed that I spent a week in San Diego, USA, almost a month ago. I took part in Amy Porterfield’s Entrepreneur Experience, which was quite the most awesome gift I have ever given myself! Until this year I had never even...
by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 10, 2017 | Food for Thought
Recently, I conducted a simple survey to find out more about the needs of smaller and bigger civil society organisations (CSOs) in the field of finance management. I received responses from people from very different organisations; bigger European organisations as...
