Your boss proposes a new initiative you think won’t work. Your senior colleague outlines a project timeline you think is unrealistic. What do you say when you disagree with someone who has more power than you do? How do you decide whether it’s worth speaking up? And if you do, what exactly should you say? … Continue reading How to Disagree with Someone More Powerful than You
Business partners overloaded with data? Reshape Insights and Analytics for Sensemaking!
Business and marketing leaders are continuing to invest in data programmes because they recognize the tremendous power of data. Insights and Analytics leaders have always known about the power of data, but now the secret’s out. Data is not just for researchers and analysts to dig around in anymore – it’s for everyone! Businesses are … Continue reading Business partners overloaded with data? Reshape Insights and Analytics for Sensemaking!
Boost Your Team’s Data Literacy
In every industry, companies are amassing more data than ever. But while we have all this data, and it’s becoming more influential than ever, there’s still a big problem at hand: Most of us are not very good at interpreting and making sense of it. Over the last five to 10 years, the data skills … Continue reading Boost Your Team’s Data Literacy
Secure more funding – Charity Excellence Framework
On 15th June 2020, I took part in the first PyroTalks NanoConference and presented ResourceRush - a six minute run through resources to help you through the current pandemic. Here is part 2 of the key resources shared. The Charity Excellence Framework is a comprehensive online resource to provide you with the tools to create … Continue reading Secure more funding – Charity Excellence Framework
Go Slow To Go Fast
The phrase resonates as a critical tool for project management. It is about client engagement, taking the time to scope projects with transparency – agreeing what isn’t in scope in order to create clarity about what is, minimizing assumptions, creating risk logs with agreed mitigation and contingency factors, managing performance of a project team. The … Continue reading Go Slow To Go Fast
How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent
Do you get to the end of the day and feel that you’ve met your most pressing deadlines but haven’t accomplished anything that’s fundamentally important? You’re hardly alone. In a series of studies recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research, people typically chose to complete tasks that had very short deadlines attached to them, … Continue reading How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent
Ask gently
How do we decide whether it’s right to ask for donations right now?Maybe we look to the past...The impact of the economic crash has been cited as evidence that we should keep on asking.But Covid is different. Never have so many people been affected to such an extent, so quickly, across all sectors and in … Continue reading Ask gently
Love in the time of COVID-19: How empathy can strengthen a business
Often derided as being of little tangible value, with the very term ‘soft skill’ being viewed as laughable, empathy is not always considered vital to business activity. But in reality, empathy packs a punch that few might expect, and can actually help to strengthen a business. Compassion and understanding can help put employees at ease; … Continue reading Love in the time of COVID-19: How empathy can strengthen a business
Staying Engaged During COVID-19
A time of crisis isn’t the time to ask what alumni can do for you. It’s time to support and connect with your community. David Jenkins shares some innovative ideas designed to stimulate your thinking during difficult times.https://www.socius.ch/post/staying-engaged-during-covid-19
COVID-19 and annual giving: 7 keys to continuity
In this post, Adrian Salmon conveys how to analyse your regular giving programme to assess whether to continue during a time of crisis. https://www.grenzebachglier.com/2020/03/24/covid-19-and-annual-giving-7-keys-to-continuity/
Propper Fundraising 