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What questions to ask in your evaluation?

by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 13, 2022 | Project management

A good monitoring framework helps you collect relevant information in the implementation of your project. So that you can know how you are doing and what to adjust, if necessary, to do better. At the end of your project, it is time to zoom out a bit and evaluate the...

How can you monitor the quality of your project’s progress?

by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 6, 2022 | Project Design, Project management

All donors require a monitoring framework as part of a project proposal. This helps you (and them) monitor progress towards your project results, objectives, and impact. Very often, monitoring focuses on collecting numbers. So in fact you are measuring quantities...

Who owns your projects?

by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 23, 2022 | Project management

Looking at your work plan you will probably see some projects there. No matter whether your projects are paid by grant making donors, private individuals or your own resources. A project is a project: a set of actions towards a clear end goal starting and ending at...

How can you make sure you use your lessons learned to do better?

by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 16, 2022 | Nonprofit management, Working for Your Mission

Before you finalize the work plan for the year, let’s look at your lessons learned of the past year. How can you make sure you use your lessons learned to do better? Let’s start with your annual work plan Look at your work plan. Which elements are the same or very...

How to make a start with your fundraising plan

by Suzanne Bakker | Oct 31, 2021 | Project Design

My article and my Facebook live session on your Q4 donor base actions generated many questions about how to make a fundraising plan. Making a fundraising plan for your nonprofit is a task that requires in-depth understanding of your context, work and ambitions. I...